Word: lapping
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time the baton was passed to anchor Huvelle, the N.U. runners had built up a five-yard lead. Huvelle hung behind N..'s Mike Roberts until the final half-lap of the race. Then, to the cheers of an enthusiastic crowd, the stocky captain poured it on, caught Roberts with 15 yards to go, and beat him by a fraction to the finish...
DeYoung for the Young. Very much in charge of Goodyear is Russell DeYoung, 58, who became chairman four years ago after six years as president. He neither smokes nor drinks, otherwise keeps in shape by taking a quick 50-lap swim in his homeside pool every night. He needs all the stamina he can muster. In Akron alone, Goodyear stretches five miles, which makes his regular inspection a hearty workout. He also goes abroad several times a year and logs 2,000 miles a week visiting Goodyear's 50 other domestic plants...
Baker, who was credited with pushing Sweden's Ulf Hoeberg to his record-breaking mile mark in the Knights of Columbia meet four days ago, had built up a four-foot lead over Shaw going into the final lap of the race...
Shaw narrowed the gap to inches at the half-lap mark, caught his teammate with a quarter-lap remaining, and finally lunged ahead to win in 4:17.6. Baker crossed the line a tenth of a second behind. Doupg Hardin was third to give the Crimson its only sweep of the night...
...military aim of this conflict (as opposed to the social aim) is to kill or capture the enemy. Whether this is done by dropping into his lap Napalm, a thousand pound bomb, or an 8 in. artillery shell leaves a very slight difference...