Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...second half Tufts never came within five points of the varsity, which relied on free throws to take it out of trouble. In one stretch Hurley scored all the team's points, with six straight free throws and a field goal...
...most of two laps on the brick-tinted cinders, the U.S. Army's Tom Courtney and his smooth-striding teammate Arnie Sowell of Pittsburgh scrapped for the lead. "I have been trying for three years to call on some extra quality in the stretch." said Courtney later, "and 20 yards from the wire I realized this was the moment. But my legs were dead. I couldn't run. I was all in. I told myself that this was not an 800-meter race but one of 20 yards. I only had to run 20 yards...
...second half also opened slowly with each team scoring only eight points in the first ten minutes of play. Wesleyan's offense then completely collapsed, and it did not score for a stretch of ten minutes while the Crimson sewed up the contest...
...issued when arrangements are announced for what is usually called a funeral service . . . Whence comes this incongruous suggestion? Omit flowers-in the Valley of Shadow, when every yearning impulse is struggling vainly to express feelings that are too deep for words! . . . In 'Say it with Flowers' there stretch enchanting vistas of sacramental beauty like the glory of a garden or the shimmer of moonlight on a silvery sea . . ." Last week Reverend Harris' picture and words were splashed all over U.S. newspapers in full-page ads bringing readers "An Important Message ... in the Public Interest." Joyous sponsors...
...Leaving the pack behind in the stretch, a French colt named Master Boing took the Washington, D.C. International at Laurel, Md., by five lengths from the American horse...