Word: lapping
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...After bringing up the rear on the first trip around the 220-yard Barton Hall oval, Hewlett moved up fast on the second lap and too over the lead at the quarter-mile mark. He toyed with Navy's Greg Williams for the next mile and won going away...
Robinson's second place was the most spectacular of the other Crimson performances. Starting in the outside lane from an unstaggered start, Sam was forced to bide his time until the gun lap. Then he shifted into passing gear and caught everyone but Army's Henry Farrell, who led all the way and finished...
...retreat from South Viet Nam, not many would care to make such a bet. In short, withdrawal would largely destroy American credibility as a reliable anti-Communist ally-in Bangkok, in Seoul, in Manila and elsewhere. It would push Cambodia and Indonesia completely into China's lap. Malaysia would catch the brunt of this power realignment, thus forcing the British into a narrow, nasty corner. According to many experts, Russia would regret this move as much as the U.S., since it would immensely strengthen Peking's pretensions to the leadership of world Communism...
Smack at 165 m.p.h. On the 127th lap, the two cars snarled full bore around the west turn, with Panch "drafting" Lorenzen, tucked into his slipstream only inches behind. "I had just about 6 ft. between me and the wall," Lorenzen said later. "All of a sudden, we ran into hard rain; Panch started around me on the outside, and we really connected. My right front fender smacked the wall. Then my right rear smacked the wall and straightened me out. Good thing too. I was doing about 165 m.p.h...
...autos were the first to include safety belts as standard equipment in the front seats of all new models. Last week Ford, Chrysler and American Motors decided to go all the way and give back-seat drivers the same buckled-in protection. The three firms announced that lap belts will be installed in both the front and rear seats of all their 1966 models, and General Motors is expected to follow the lead...