Word: rider
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Willim J. Brooks was a sophomore at Rider College in Trenton, N.J., in 1929 and what he terms "just an A.A.U. swimmer," when the 600-student school was persuaded to start a swimming team. Brooks turned professional and became its first coach...
...business men, has become understandably irate about the Democrats' tax-slashing measure. Multiplied by seventy million taxpayers, the twenty dollar cut puts a $1.4 billion inflationary bulge in the economy, although the nation has already recovered from last year's deflation. Democrats attached the twenty-dollar gift as a rider on an an Administration sponsored bill to delay scheduled excise and corporation tax cuts. If the combined bill passes the Senate, the President will have no alternative but to authorizing inflation, for whether he signs or vetoes the bill, the Treasure tax receipts will...
...that made up the first train, Einaudi was soon joined by a rush of some 1,000 specially invited guests who crammed themselves into the train in the best Times Square rush-hour tradition, while attendants in bright red garrison caps watched in helpless bewilderment. At least one distinguished rider had his coat buttons pulled off in the crush, but a fine time was had by all. and at the end of the ride one exuberant straphanger showed his pleasure by doing an impromptu acrobatic act on the bars provided for standees...
...task impossible. Even Lawrence's claim to have ridden camelback at the pace of 100 miles a day comes to earth in an avalanche of maps and routes remeasured; not content with that, the debunker goes on to cite facts indicating that Lawrence was not a camel rider anyway and always preferred to cross the desert on foot...
With that, Sir Henry tried to charge, but his nervous horse backed away. Soon the dragon was spitting clouds of smoke and fire. As the monster opened his mouth wide, horse and rider were so scared that the knight dropped his spear-right into the dragon's mouth. It killed the beast stone-cold dead before you could as much as say Saint George...