Word: homestretch
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...opening minutes of the first half saw McLaughlin's horses run off to leads of as much as seven points before running out of gas in the homestretch and being outscored, 21-7, in the last seven minutes of the stanza. The intermission result: Bentley 41, home team...
...Jimmy Carter's staff. Then, as if to rub things in a bit, More's editors note that Gwirtzman's "involvement with Carter in no way diminishes his analysis." Sure. And perhaps Gwirtzman didn't have it in mind to butter up a few national reporters for the homestretch...
...field day, the Bulldogs are back in the thick of things, and the Big Green notched the 500th victory in its illustrious football history. The wins by Brown, Yale, and Dartmouth added to the excitement at Soldiers Field over the weekend, and set the stage for the homestretch of what should be a frenzied Ivy League race...
...pressure increased as the horses turned down the homestretch before 113,000 screaming fans. Avatar, ridden by three-time Derby Winner Bill Shoemaker, was striding powerfully into the lead, with Diabolo, another California product, second. Foolish Pleasure was fourth but charging fast as Vasquez began whipping his horse. Suddenly he got an unexpected break: Diabolo and Avatar bumped, momentarily slowing down, and Foolish Pleasure shot ahead with less than one-eighth of a mile to go. "I couldn't see anything but the wire and the track," said Vasquez. "I knew nobody could catch us then." The winning time...
...Britain headed into the homestretch of the second electoral campaign this year, the mood of the country and the sharply contrasting styles of its two major parties could not have been more clearly drawn. Offered a choice of Laborite Harold Wilson's balm or Tory Ted Heath's gloom, the voters seemed to be opting for the former...