Word: grind
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Such dedication to the daily grind that makes champions is shown by all Stan Tinkham's pupils. For three more of them it paid off with places on the Olympic team: Mary Jane Sears, 16, in the 200-meter breast stroke; Betty Mullen Brey, 24, in the 100-meter free style; Susan Gray, 16, in the 400-meter free style...
...minimize dull spots, convention machinery will grind faster. Promised Democratic Chairman Paul Butler: "We are planning a brisk, businesslike affair." ¶ The familiar red-white-blue bunting has been discarded in favor of "simple, dignified, and at the same time, traditional" decor, predominantly TV blue...
When the long grind finally ended, a pair of Scotsmen who had entered their own 3.5-liter Jaguar, rode out of nowhere to take the grand prize. Ron Flockhart and Ninian Sanderson covered a total of 2,521 miles at an average 104.3 m.p.h. In second place: Britain's Peter Collins and Stirling Moss in an Aston-Martin. Only 14 out of 49 starters finished, but race officials heaved a great sigh of relief. One death and a moderate assortment of bruises, broken bones and wrecked cars added up to what oldtimers have come to consider a "normal" race...
...transition from carefree vacationer to record-breaking competitor was no romp in the surf. Ever since Carin decided to become a champion she has submitted to an endless grind. In the winter she works out five days a week in the Y.M.-Y.W.C.A. pool near her Ridgewood home. Once a week she travels to Manhattan for professional training at the Women's Swimming Association. When the weather warms up, she spends every day at Ridgewood's outdoor municipal pool, swims a mile morning and evening when the pool is uncrowded. "Afternoons," says Carin, "I put on my plaid...
California's elaborate machinery for confirming a case of bubonic plague began to grind. The plague bacillus lives in fleas, which in turn infest Western ground rodents. When an epizootic occurs, the disease kills many of the rodents. In Lockwood Valley, disease detectives found the shriveled carcasses of rabbits and ground squirrels by the score. More significant, they found fleas on the ground because their animal hosts had died...