Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...escaped machine-gunning by a Nazi flyer on New Year's Eve, 1944, made friends among the Belgians by his understanding and sympathy, and returned to the U.S. at the end of the war. He planned to settle down in his rambling, unpretentious home in Glendale with its stretch of lawn and its' big recreation room containing a billiard table and a easeful of ribbons won by Sawyer horses and stock at state and county fairs...
...waterfront sector of St. Pauli, dozens of nightclubs stretch along a half-mile of neon lights on the Reeperbahn. Seamen of all nations dance with heavily rouged "animation ladies," and pay Stork Club prices for flaccid German champagne. The rule at the Bal Paradox is that the women ask the men to dance. In Hamburg's railroad station is the Treffpunkt agency: for 25 marks ($5.95) a man can leaf through a photo album, select a girl, arrange a date. Says proud Treffpunkt Manager Max Pollack: "All my girls are high-class, and you'd be surprised...
...looked like a repetition of the race two years ago at Havre de Grace, when an unknown named Saggy handed Citation one of his two defeats in 30 starts. But one lick of Jockey Steve Brooks's whip shot Citation into the lead. He coasted down the stretch like a champion, ears pricked forward, and won by a length and a half. His time for the six furlongs: a creditable...
...Adams plan books would still be in the library for use after the early shift quits for the night. The new system would also provide a study room during the term for men whose roommates prefer to indulge in such sports as poker, reserving their strength for a stretch drive, and making their rooms unlikely places for study...