Word: strided
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Baker and Stempson were the front men on last season's undefeated freshman team and should take varsity competition in stride. Ryan didn't run last fall but has looked good in pre-season training...
...point by defining war as the extension of state policy by other means. To him, victory was "the destruction of the enemy forces," but he held an equally warm regard for the limited objective. Defense was at least as strong a position as offense, and putting the enemy off stride as valuable as knocking him flat. To that extent, generals who could forestall defeat were as honorable as those who won famous victories...
...race, and by post time the clay track was the consistency of soft fudge. Unlike flat-racing thoroughbreds, who plant their hoofs, then pick them straight up-and often revel in the softer footing of an "off" track-trotters slide their hoofs slightly forward each time they take a stride; they tend to slip and get mired in the mud. That is exactly what happened to Noble Victory: twice in the three-heat race, he broke stride; in the third heat, the best he could do was third. "He seemed like he was anchored," said Dancer disgustedly. "He just couldn...
...British-designed flying machine that rides above the ground on a cushion of compressed air, can skim both land and sea (provided there are no major hills or waves) at a brisk 85 m.p.h. This one had just floated over San Francisco Bay, scooted up a ramp without breaking stride, and roared on across the Oakland airstrip to its destination. The scheduled shuttle between the Oakland and San Francisco airports should prove the perfect opportunity for the Hovercraft to show its stuff. Cheaper to run than helicopters and far more versatile than hydrofoils, the amphibious craft can cozy right...
...Lily-White Look. The cosmetic houses, always adaptable, have taken the new look in stride. While still turning out creams, lotions and sprays for the fastest and darkest tan around, they have smoothly introduced products that will prevent the tan. A generous application of the nongreasy, colorless Sun Bloc, by Elizabeth Arden, Skolex or Sun Umbrella, leaves the sportswoman as lily-white all over after 18 holes of golf as she was on the first...