Word: finish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...their finish broke the dreaded...
...Casey pushes the son and daughter into the limelight. Their fate-not having the full force of the play behind it -seems manipulated, its effect on Juno mawkish. But it is proof of O'Casey's real power that his Paycock should remain comic from start to finish. The Paycock is a callous wastrel for whom O'Casey has only bitter scorn; but he is a born "character," and O'Casey lets him cut his capers without ever railing...
...race has almost an exact counterpart of their meeting last year as the two Juniors battled side by side for 400 yards. Again it was Gibbons, swimming his only event of the night, who had a couple of feet of extra drive enabling him to outreach Powers at the finish...
George Dana and Chet Sagenkahn were not at their best in the low board dive, but the former managed to carry off top honors with 89.53 points. Jim Curwen and Dave Stearns pushed Bob Schaper right to the finish in the 50 in 24.1, and these four points just about put the visitors out of their misery...
...second time if he can shoot from the starting mark faster. Don Donahne didn't seem to be near top form; although he won his heat in six flat, his start was slow, and he stopped on all three hurdles to lose the semi-finals in a close finish...