The story of a gale abating just before the start, the exact pacing by his friends, the head-back, eyes-shut finish and his collapse are vividly told in both accounts, though Mr Bascomb's florid narrative suits the race itself better.
Trade elsewhere was thinned by holidays in Japan, Thailand, South Korea and the Philippines, while many markets in Europe were either shut or finishing early for new year festivities.
Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing the last chapter of a good book, or the last afternoon of summer.
"But we need to provide consistent playing conditions for the players which is why if a match starts with it shut it will finish with it shut".
After 6 hours 12 minutes, when finish-line officials shut down, 16,793 had finished.
I have finished Shut Up and Deal and started it again.
You can customize when your PS3 and controllers go to sleep, and can set your PS3 to shut down after finishing a big download.
When you are finished, shut off your console and hide your console/GTA game where your parents won't look.
The British had put up prohibitive tariff barriers to shut out Indian finished goods and were dumping their commodities in India, a practice backed by British gunboats and military force.
Many athletes hit the finish and shut down, having timed their effort and measured their reserves to the meter.
Spain secured a berth in the Sydney Olympics after it shut out Greece to finish a men's volleyball pre-Olympic qualifying tournament undefeated.
