Word: sprints
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...they ever knew in college. "When I was playing at U.S.C.," says Gifford, "a pass play might call for me to run ten yards downfield, then cut for the sideline. The pros are more subtle [if any 200-lb. giant moving at top speed is ever subtle]. Now I sprint until the defense man crosses his right foot over his left and turns his back on the sideline. Then...
...stringy, tireless naval officer from the Ukraine named Vladimir Kuts countered for the Russians in the lung-busting 10,000-meter grind, staying in front all the way, and finishing with an Olympic record (28:45.6) in a final sprint that left experts gaping...
From Creep to Sprint. The Mollet government had compelling reasons for its refusal to increase the price of bread. One of France's gravest problems is the creeping inflation which in the last year has increased the housewife's food bills by 30%. A rise in the price of bread, the government feared, would be just the psychological spark required to set off a universal demand for wage increases that would change creeping inflation into a wild sprint...
When they look at the schedule ahead, the Dodgers know that they are sitting pretty. Now, mostly second-division clubs stand between them and another pennant, while the other contenders try to belt each other out of the race. In the sprint to the finish, the second-place Dodgers are once again the team to beat...