Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...head, spiders walked on his face, beautiful girls reached alluringly from the screen. Then, just when a man's guard was up, came a roar of sound from the balcony, and, caught from behind and before, he was yanked into the screen and taken for a thrilling ride on a roller coaster...
...Nearly 100 horses were stabled in Hyde Park to learn calmness and good manners for the hectic procession (sample lesson: soldiers clashed metal tubs and pots together to accustom the animals to sudden noise), and be available for refresher canters for admirals and air marshals assigned to ride in the parade...
...fervent complaint of the late King George VI was attended to: the flattened, ironshod wheels of the Royal State Coach were rounded off and fitted with solid rubber tires. After his own coronation day ride in 1937, the King vowed that no heir of his should be subjected to a similar experience...
Down the stretch they pounded, with Jamie K. closing the gap under a whipping ride. A furlong from home, the Dancer, who races best when he's behind, began to lag. Guerin, for the second time in the Dancer's career, went to the whip for three smart whacks. The whacks were enough. Under the finish wire it was the Dancer by a neck. The time: 1:57 4/5, sixth fastest in the 77-year history of the Preakness...
Diet As You Ride. For dieting passengers, the Pennsylvania Railroad began serving a 470-calorie meal in its dining cars. The menu: tomato juice, two crackers, chopped sirloin, carrots, lettuce salad (with nonfattening dressing), half a grapefruit, tea or coffee with saccharin. Price...