Word: stretches
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...control what there is. Any group ruled by this static idea will turn its back on progress and become socially reactionary. The Germans have twice let it lead them into aggressive war, although they, of all people, should have known better. One of their great historic achievements was to "stretch" the sandy acres of the Prussian plain, by good farming. As a result of good farming practices and highly skilled industry, Germany had the highest living standard of Continental Europe. Yet, obsessed by slice-of-cake thinking, it set out to conquer more "biotic potential...
Citation, whose stride is around 21 ft, was running with his usual superb rhythm and his air of immense power cautiously controlled. Then in the stretch the phantoms faded and there was only Citation striding forcefully down the center of the track. His time was 1:59 1/5 for the 1 3/16 miles, with nobody pressing...
...trying to save. And sure enough, a flower gets stepped on, wind smacks the windows open, a lion breaks loose from a zoo, the grandfather clock bongs 11-and so forth. These busy goings-on are not really very creepy "unless you bring along an overwhelming will to believe. Stretch by stretch the story seems over-extended and overelaborate. But it is well played-especially by Robinson; and it is as painstakingly and sleekly produced as if it were worth all the trouble. It is as good a way of passing an evening as table-tapping, or, for that matter...
...only doubt about the Crimson lineup centers around the right offensive end. Both Stretch Mazzone and Johnny Fiorentino have been waging a nip-and-tuck battle for the position. Valpey won't make his final decision until tomorrow morning...
Citation ran like a railroad train. When Jockey Eddie Arcaro pushed the throttle, Citation, who runs with great economy, came whistling down the stretch, using just enough steam to stay two lengths ahead of his nearest rival, Phalanx, and pick up $75,600. It put him just behind Stymie ($911,335), the biggest money-winning horse of all time. Citation's total...