Word: lapping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...king of U.S. milers, Gil Dodds, made his comeback try at the twomile. Rounding the last turn in the 22nd lap at Madison Square Garden, he lurched wildly off the boards for a dozen yards (a technical foul), got back on the track and staggered across the finish 85 yards before his nearest foe. The officials ignored his miscue..His time...
...fifth lap of the gruelling 440-yard distance, however, both Jerry German and Forbes Norris of the Crimson were the masters of the race, and then the meet, hitting the floats 12 laps later first and second. And with a comfortable 24 points to relax with, Coach Ulen could not be disturbed by the Columbia victory in the final 400 yard relay...
...second race, a 220 featured by Walt. Bullard's surge in the last lap, Ulen's outfit stood 13 to 1, the most possible points, ahead of the faltering Army. In the 50-yard freestyle which came up next, the soldiery bounced back with the first two places...
...calls himself a "conservative liberal," which means, he says thoughtfully, that "I believe in the greatest good for the greatest number." One of his more conservative Republican colleagues cracked: "We actually have a hard time keeping him out of the lap of guys like Claude Pepper." And John Bricker was heard to remark last summer: "I hear the Socialists have gotten to Taft." These hyperboles indicate, at least, that if Taft wears the party harness, he goes his own gait...
...affect his hardheadedness in promising to end the "grossly lopsided political character" which the federal bench had assumed under Democratic rule. But when a group of Wisconsin reporters asked his opinion of the coming presidential race he sighed and said: "As for me, my fate is in the lap of the gods...