Word: tiring
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...such distances until he is older." For the first 14 laps, Lindgren (no kin to Blaine) stuck doggedly just off the pace. Then, just to see if he could do it, he kicked past both Russians and sprinted a lap. At the 22nd lap, he began to tire. But he heard the cheering crowd and started to worry about disappointing everybody. On he ran, chest heaving, arms pumping, opening his lead with every stride-40 yds., 60, 80. At the finish, he was a full 100 yds. in front, and the roar that erupted must have echoed...
...economic boycott not only on Israeli goods but on all those who deal with or help Israel economically. Through a central boycott office in Damascus and 18 regional offices throughout the Arab world, the Arabs have blacklisted more than 600 firms, including 167 U.S. companies (among them Revlon, General Tire and Bulova Watch). Last week the Arabs added to their blacklist a new and prestigious member: the Chase Manhattan Bank, the world's second largest bank, whose 102 offices overseas make it an important presence in many countries. Reason for cutting off Chase from Arab business: its dealings...
...RUBBER. A giant rubber tire, six stories tall, frames a newfangled Ferris wheel popular with youngsters. After loading up, the swinging bucket seats go for a two-trip spin over...
...idea was to ruin the opening of the New York World's Fair by stalling cars on the heavily trafficked highways and bridges leading to the Flushing Meadows site. It had a certain demonic appeal - New York is, after all, a city where a single flat tire can ordinarily cause a miles-long jam-up of horn-pounding, curse-shouting motorists...
...Klansladies" -and seems to be growing rapidly. This represents a substantial rebuilding job since the low point in 1958, when an angry group of armed Lumbee Indians whooped into a Klan rally in Robeson County, N.C., sent some 75 Klansmen fleeing in panic. Chief rebuilder has been Shelton, a tire salesman who emerged from a bitter 1961 split in leadership of the old Klan to head the new United Klans of America...