Word: lapped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dwarf. So fond of the monstrous little character did the Queen become, that her ladies too acquired dwarfs. Soon it became a fashion. The affection which these ladies lavished upon their horrible pets was touching and delightful. Maria Theresa, indeed, would often invite her dwarf to sit on her lap...
Clarence Duncan Chamberlain, New York-to-Berlin flyer, started on a lecture tour of the southern states in a Sperry-Messenger plane last week. He did the first lap through a snowstorm, and will do 5,000 miles in five weeks. His plane has a 26-foot wingspread...
...second off the 300-yard run. When the pistol cracked for the start of the 600-yard event. Haggerty was badly blocked at the start and Kane was soon trailing fourth or fifth. By the time the runners had passed the press stand with but two more laps before the finish, Kane had sneaked up to third place. The order was the same as they rounded the turn for the final lap: yet Kane broke the tape and lowered the record by two-fifths of a second...
...passed the baton F.E. Cummings '30, who handed a 30 yard lead to W.C. Peet '28. V.L. Hennessey '80 was the Harvard anchor man facing Captain C.B. Meagher, who gave everything he had for the engineers, cutting down the lead steadily as the bell sounded for the final lap. Feeling his rival at his shoulder Hennessey gave one last spurt, and crossed the line, defeating Meagher by about 12 inches. The race was run in 3 minutes, 33 3-5 seconds...
...Intercollegiate one-mile Freshman relay, Harvard, Dartmouth, and Boston College were the starters. At the beginning of the first lap, Dartmouth took the pole, keeping it until the end. In the battle for second place, the Crimson first-year men were the winners, coming in about 15 yards behind Dartmouth and five yeards ahead of Boston College...