1 result for (book:nopr AND session:667 AND stemmed:race)
3/46 (7%)
defects
Indianapolis
radio
driver
restructure
[... 7 paragraphs ...]
Dictation: Ruburt was working with alterations of consciousness this afternoon. At the same time he had the radio playing softly. The rock-music program was interrupted by an announcement having to do with the Indianapolis speed-car racing exhibition (the 57th Indianapolis 500-mile race). One driver had already been severely injured (on Monday); and the race, put off on that account, and because of inclement weather (on Tuesday), finally began today.
As it progressed, the radio announcements continued also, and Ruburt learned that another very severe accident had occurred. Beside this, a man — not a driver — was killed by an emergency vehicle speeding to the scene. The victim was connected with the race, however.
[... 4 paragraphs ...]
No one begins a race with a handicap, you may say, but that is obviously not the case. Individuals have often chosen such situations precisely as incentives, and many great men have done so. This does not mean that such disabilities are necessary. At any point that an individual realizes his point of power in the present, he will not need a barrier to test himself against, or to focus him in what he thinks of as the proper direction.
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