Word: underslung
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crabapple, deep in the heart of Texas, folks play for big stakes. When Andrew Tatsch was given a Hereford calf by his father, he decided to raise it into the finest steer there ever was; last week, his year-old, 1,000-lb., underslung steer "Shorty" won the grand championship at the San Antonio Livestock Show. After a San Antonio brewer bought Shorty for $21,000. * 13-year-old Cattleman Tatsch splendid in a satin shirt and cowpoke boots, took a bow in the center ring, announced he would use the money to buy a ranch...
...them have been getting the bug. Last week some 125,000 people piled into Watkins Glen, N.Y. to see the Third U.S. Grand Prix-and the first race ever sponsored in the U.S. by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile. They took home memories of flashing, underslung, overpowered sport cars roaring down the straightaways at 130 m.p.h. They also took home memories of death...
...race was scheduled to start at 10 a.m., but as usual supercharged crowds, festive and hungry for thrills, began gathering outside Indianapolis Speedway at dawn. By race time, some 150,000 had crammed their way into the stands and infield to watch 33 underslung, overpowered little cars roar around the 2½-mile brick and asphalt track in the annual 500-mile grind...