Word: lapped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Laker had accomplished roughly the equivalent of pitching a no-hit game in the World Series. And almost singlehanded he had kept the Ashes, symbol of international cricket supremacy, in England. ¶ On Utah's glaring, glass-smooth salt flats, Germany's Wilhelm Herz wasted one lap when timing equipment failed, still got the last whisper of speed out of his streamlined NSU motorcycle. His 500 cc. engine churning up to 8,000 r.p.m., Herz whooshed back and forth on the measured mile at an average 210 m.p.h., the first time any cyclist had passed the magic...
...After clinging close to the lead through most of the 24-day, 2,800-mile Tour de France, the grueling bike race that winds around France and into Italy and Bel gium, Roger Walkowiak, 29, a Frenchman of Polish descent, almost came to grief on the final lap. He had a blowout 20 kilometers from the finish. But Roger reso-utely grabbed a teammate's bike, pumped madly for home, hung on to his time advantage and prizes and contracts worth more than...
...lull the vigilance of the free world and to weaken its readiness to defend itself. Above all, they want to smash first the mighty, protective shield of NATO and to drive the U.S. from Europe so that Europe will fall like a ripe fruit into the Soviet lap...
...Flaherty well knew, the "500" is always like that. All goes well for the man in front; the boys in the back ride with trouble. By getting in front and staying there, Driver Flaherty got the $93,819 winner's purse, including $19,050 in lap prizes-the juiciest reward of any Memorial Day drive...
...talked of his voyage, the onetime staff officer allowed himself to boast only of his efficient staff work. A long five years and nine months out of England, he had miscalculated only once: when he ran out of food on the last two days of the last lap across the Tasman...