Word: winner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...move as with blinders, interested almost solely in the fulfillment of their boyish dreams to be the fastest man on earth, or as Gordon Cooper phrases it, to be "the hotdog man himself." The proprietress of the restaurant on Edwards Air Force Base even promises a prize for the winner of one of their games. Says she, "The first fella that breaks the sound barrier's gonna get a free steak with all the trimmin...
...together on and off the track. But when it came time to pick roommates for sophomore year, they realized, as Rippy puts it, "If we came home from a race and one of us ran poorly while the other ran well, it would be hard to live with the winner puffing out his chest all night...
...themselves both end up talking excitedly about the team, the prospects for the season, and about each other. As Rippy says, "The Harvard cross country team is more than just a running experience. It is personal too--going through an ordeal with your friends and hopefully coming out a winner...
LaMarr Hoyt. chicago white Sox right handed pitcher who led the major leagues with 24 victories this year was named the winner of the Cy Young Award in the American League yesterday...
...Harvard malaise, buoyed by the arrival of jubilant Princeton fans fresh from the men's soccer game, the Tigers struck back. At 6:24 Vorhies completed the hat trick and tied the game off a corner kick and less than three minutes later the Tigers notched the game-winner off a free kick by Kerry Shaw. "I saw the corner open and it worked." Shaw said after the game. "I thought we played well We had some injuries in key places and then we sucked it up and got lucky...