Word: raced
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...inviolable" and "all men shall be equal before the law," states the constitution's bill of rights. It provides for a free press, free assembly and inviolability of a man's home. It says: "No one may be prejudiced or privileged because of his sex, descent, race, language, homeland or origin, faith, or his religious and political opinions...
Death and decay loomed large in Maeterlinck's works. "Everywhere," wrote a critic, "Maeterlinck discerned signs of an inevitable decadence of the human race . . . According to him, 2,000 years hence human relations will have declined to the level of life in a termite colony." The insects whose lives he studied for years seemed better off than people. "The ant is far less unhappy," wrote Maeterlinck, "than the very happiest...
...until the last two minutes that the stroke oar alters his stopwatch planning to fit the situation. Then, if he is behind, he stakes everything on a final sprint to the finish. This is the most crucial and exciting part of the race, for the oarsmen are already dead tired, and a higher stroke increases the chance of a mistake...
...Racing: Ten horses will race in the $75,000-added Preakness today Baseball: The New York Giants signed Manager Leo Durocher for two more years. Boxing: Charlie Fusari stopped Vince Foster with a knockout in 2:46 of the first round at New York's Madison Square Garden last night...
...chorus must first be praised for its sincerity. More substantial representatives of the British race I never saw, enlightened men all who will see that justice is done. The Defendant, Dan McCook, is a horrid fellow, a real dandy, and the Jury again deserves credit for reading their newspapers rather than listening to his fine voice. The poor, dear Angelina of Joan Dexter is positively radiant in spite of the beastly treatment she has undergone. And though his law's a fudge, justice is competently and wisely apportioned by Judge Arthur Shercliff. So impressed, in fact, was the public with...