Word: lapped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Wodehouse has nonetheless pulled off the astonishing feat of making his creations a living part of the civilized world. Even the many who cannot stomach him have no option but to respond to the mere word Jeeves with a mental picture of a whole society; while to those who lap him up, a whole corner of mental life is occupied by such characters as Lord Emsworth, Lord ("Uncle Fred") Ickenham, Bertie Wooster, Mr. Mulliner, Psmith and that great Sheba of sows, "Empress of Blandings...
...Hawthorn's second place gave him six points, and, with a bonus point for turning the fastest lap of the race, a commanding 30-10-23 lead over Moss in the racing world's championship. And with eight points for winning, 26-year-old Peter Collins vaulted over four others to take third place with 13 points, making the world's top three an all-British club...
...Ducked responsibility for all the legalisms that had landed him in trouble with federal regulatory agencies: "Paper work has been out of my line." A good deal of that responsibility he tossed into the lap of faithful, longtime Secretary Mildred Paperman, seated near by at the hearings: "After all, I am not a bookkeeper. She is." (At one point, after Goldfine had repeatedly told the subcommittee that Miss Paperman could supply some of the answers it wanted, Miss Paperman indeed tried to pipe up with the answers. And Goldfine Lawyer Robert Robb distinctly admonished her: "Keep quiet, keep quiet, keep...
Next night, both men were really trying. But Elliott, who had spent more energy in the trials, also had more in reserve. With Oklahoma's Gail Hodgson and California's Don Bowden to pace them through the first three quarters, the two Aussies came into the final lap with 3 min. 3.8 sec. gone. It hardly seemed probable that they would crack four minutes. But now that the race belonged to them, they both dug in. They sprinted through the last lap like fresh quarter-milers. Lincoln's fine finishing kick brought him to the finish...
...racer, could not keep his Sumar Special from flipping over. No stranger to the Brickyard, Irish Pat O'Connor had racked up some 2,000 miles there in four other 500s. But experience could not save him. He suffered a fractured skull, died in flaming wreckage. The first lap was not yet finished and the 42nd Indy 500 had scored the race's 48th fatality. Elisian, whose harebrained driving had touched off the crash, drew a belated suspension from all races sanctioned by the U.S. Auto Club...