Sentences with phrase «than a quarter mile left»
¬ ∂ Bedraggled spectatorsshuffled along, carrying racing programs from the 140th Belmont Stakes, inwhich history was supposed to be made but instead was simply reinforced.Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown had gone to the starting gate asthe shortest - priced favorite (1 — 4) since Spectacular Bid was 1 — 5 in 1979 andhad finished dead last in a field of nine, eased to an exhausted jog by jockeyKent Desormeaux with more than a quarter mile left in the 1 1/2 - mile race.
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Members of this class apparently ushered the dinosaurs off the evolutionary stage 65 million years ago and left a three - quarter - mile - wide hole in the Arizona desert less than 50,000 years ago.
In all of these ways, they are miles better than three - quarters of the state standards they replaced — standards that hardly deserved the name and that often pushed the left - wing drivel that Common Core haters say they abhor.
About 50,000 years ago, a 150 - foot meteor slammed into the Arizona desert at more than 26,000 mph, leaving a three - quarter - mile - wide crater deep enough to contain the Washington Monument.
Seconds later, sirens blared as trucks left the station less than a quarter mile away.