Word: striding
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Never Heard of Him." Anybody else would have laughed. Mills's best time for 10,000 meters was 29 min. 10.4 sec., nearly a minute slower than Australian Ron Clarke's world record. And for half the race, there was Clarke striding rhythmically, effortlessly around the track, burning out his challengers. With a badly twisted ankle, Gerry Lindgren was struggling just to finish, and the crowd in National Stadium waited patiently for Clarke to shake the other also-rans: Tunisia's little Mohamed Gamoudi, Ethiopia's Mamo Wolde-and Billy Mills. But on and on they...
Suddenly, as an astonished roar erupted from 75,000 throats, Mills turned on his finishing kick, tried to pass-and got a dig in the ribs that knocked him off stride. Once more, he came on, and now Tunisia's Gamoudi blasted past, stiff-arming the American to one side in a tangle of flailing arms and legs. Mills stumbled, recovered, and dashed forward again. Arms pumping, legs churning, his face an agony of effort, he raced past Clarke, past Gamoudi, past the finish line-to win by four yards, set a new Olympic record...
...HARD DAY'S NIGHT. The Beatles hit their nimble stride in a smooth, fresh, unexpectedly funny comedy that is the answer to a maiden's prayer, and then some...
...HARD DAY'S NIGHT. The Beatles hit their nimble stride in a smooth, fresh, surprisingly funny comedy that is the answer to a maiden's prayer, and then some...
...time the field had rounded the clubhouse turn, Gun Bow had opened up a four-length lead. In the backstretch, the gap was five lengths. But now, for the first time all year, Kelso was running as though he enjoyed it-with the flat, powerful stride that he inherited from his famous great-grand-daddy, Man O' War. Valenzuela sensed it: "Suddenly, he was the old Kelso again. Suddenly, I knew we were home." So did the fans. "It started way back there on the backstretch," said Jockey John Rotz, who was riding a distant trailer. "That racket...