Word: stretching
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Three-Way Race. Three great movements are now contending for the political future of French West Africa, a stretch of territory eight times the size of France. One favors a set of small nations, each closely tied with France; this is Houphouet's view, and De Gaulle calls him "a great Frenchman and a great African." At the opposite extreme is Guinea's Sekou...
Qualification for Office. In Komensky, Wis., after being elected town constable, Joe Payer had to put off assuming the duties of his new office until he served a stretch in the state pen for breaking and entering into a filling-station...
...Benjamin led almost from the start, until in the final lap, when Eli Jim Wade passed Benjamin, only to be caught again 150 yards from the tape by both Benjamin and Fitzgerald. It semed as if the Yale gamble had failed, when Slowik came from no-where in the stretch to win by two yards in the meet record time...
...that he fired up his team chiefly with gab and hard work. But he also got sulky Winger Frank Mahovlich to begin hustling and himself turned up two new Leaf forwards-Larry Regan obtained from the Bruins and Gerry Ehman from Hershey. They scored the big goals in the stretch drive and against Boston. Long-starved Leaf fans suddenly became fanatics. Radios were installed in hospital delivery rooms. For the final series against Montreal, scores were announced during Parliament proceedings...
...Edmunds winning by inches in the meet record time of 48.2. Edmunds shot to the front at the start and passed the 220 mark in 22 seconds. With 150 yards to go, he had opened up an eight-yard lead on Gordon, but the Crimson captain unleashed a futile stretch drive that cut into Edmund's margin with every stride...