Word: rode
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last Hopes. With that, U.S. prestige rode on the shoulders of Vermont's svelte Betsy Snite, 21, back in form after a knee injury earlier this season and second only to Penny on the proud U.S. team. Hunched low over her skis, cutting corners like a man, Betsy looked the fastest of the day as she shot out of the schuss. Then she hit the bump. The impact slammed her into Airplane's bank so hard that she caught an edge, arched through a double cartwheel, fell on a ski point and lay still...
After he retired in 1948, Stillings' hotel room grew more cluttered with company reports and market letters. Every so often he rode to New York on his lifetime train pass to visit his broker; sometimes he traveled all the way to Florida to look at real estate. And ten years ago the University of New Hampshire, where Stillings graduated in 1900, got an idea of what the old alumnus was up to. He gave the university a small scholarship fund of $200 a year for one student "of good scholastic ability, sound character and unquestioned loyalty...
...blond wearing a robin's egg-blue dress. She smiled and asked "What's your name and where do you come from." "Panama, but we read the papers down there. I rode up on my burro but his feet got wet crossing the canal." "Oh, really? My father loves horses." They danced for a few minutes, and Gene became bored. "Excuse me, I have to go. Big polo match tomorrow and my horse kicks me if I'm late." "Oh really? My father loves horses...
...undefeated Cornell wrestling team rode roughshod to a 33-7 victory over the Crimson varsity Saturday. The defeat at Cornell opened Harvard's Ivy League season...
Once leading by a safe margin, the Crimson slowed down the pace of the game and forced Bison defenders to foul frequently. The varsity then rode to a nine point lead, which it maintained until time...