Word: lapped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Despite the generosity of the original British terms, the neck-in-noose Government at Vichy bleated of dishonor, made a brief show of refusing them, then dumped the whole mess into General Dentz's lap. After thanking the Vichy forces who took part in the campaign, Marshal Henri Philippe Petain declared to Syria's civilians: "France is going to suffer an eclipse in the Levant...
...face of the Nazis' well-proved winged might-was risk enough. There was the added risk that the invasion would give the Germans an argument to force Vichy to send the remains of the French Fleet against the British. But to let Syria fall into the Nazis' lap without a struggle would have been a strategic and political disaster for which the Churchill Government dared not take responsibility. This time the British effort might again be too little, but at least it would not be too late...
...mile mark, he was passed by another Maserati, owned by onetime Driver Lou Moore and driven by little Mauri Rose. When Rose was forced to drop out after 152 miles because of carburetor trouble, it looked like a cinch for Shaw. Then, rounding a turn on the 151st lap (380 miles), Shaw's car threw a tire, did a triple spin, crashed into the retaining wall. Shaw was not seriously hurt and the crowd soon forgot about...
...front now was indomitable Mauri Rose, who had replaced Floyd Davis at the wheel of the Noc-Out Special, also owned by Lou Moore. Replacing Davis at 177 miles, Rose had pushed the American-made Noc-Out from the ruck to the front of the parade, was a full lap ahead at the finish line. Time: 4 hr., 20 min., 36.24 sec.-for an average speed of 115.117 m.p.h. Of 31 starters, twelve finished...
That these trials of the most turbulent 18 months in the history of Great Britain did not keep Producer Gabriel Pascal from turning out a polished and distinguished product is a transcendent Oscar in the onetime cavalryman's lap. The squat, fervent, irascible Transylvanian, determined to use his hard-won franchise on the world's richest mine of entertainment material, not only had to play cook & bottle washer but also had the redoubtable Shavian personality to contend with...