Word: wheel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Magneto & Crankshaft. On the 87th lap, Defending Champion Johnny Parsons dropped out with magneto trouble. A broken crankshaft put third-place Walt Faulkner out at 300 miles. Moments later, Mauri Rose, three-time winner, fishtailed into the infield with a collapsed wheel. The car turned turtle, but Mauri crawled out unhurt in the only serious accident...
...managed to earn a living from professional golf. But last week, at White Plains, N.Y., 13 of the 18 pro golfers belonging to the fledgling Ladies' P.G.A. were scrambling around the hilly Knollwood course in quest of prize money that will total $80,000 this year. The big wheel on the women's circuit and the one who has made women's golf pay off: Mrs. George Zaharias, better known as Mildred Didrikson, or just plain "Babe...
...Murderer." On the morning of July 20, 1923, Villa was at the wheel of the Overland, joking with his pals and puffing on a corn-shuck cigarette as he drove up to the school corner. The pumpkinseed vendor lurched toward the road, shouted: "Viva Villa!" As the general raised a hand to salute, a ragged volley of rifle bullets riddled his fat body. He and one aide died instantly...
...humor, or if you have ever had a great yearning to see that dark-haired girl roller-derby-skater with the Jersey Jolters in all her beauty, you are soon going to get your chance. The Supreme Court decided the other day to let C.B.S. put a little color wheel in front of your TV set that will cause all which now seems mere black-and-white to take on a multi-colored...
...They tried to hide their movements under smoke screens created by smudge pots and burning brush. Allied planes dived through the smoke, raking troop concentrations, vehicle columns, pack trains, motorcycles and oxcarts. General Van Fleet and his army braced for the attack-with barbed wire, minefields and artillery massed "wheel to wheel." Any night the Chinese might blow their bugles and whistles, set off their green flares, and attack...