Word: 44th
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...44th voyage carrying passengers and gold from Panama to New York, the S.S. Central America ran into a killer hurricane and sank in 8,000 ft. of water 200 miles off the South Carolina coast. On board were an estimated 77,000 ounces of gold bullion worth at least $28 million today. Last week a salvage syndicate that located the wreck two years ago began recovering what engineer Thomas Thompson, 37, said was "like the classic sunken treasures you read about as a kid. It is like a garden of gold growing from the bottom and hanging from beams...
When 13-time World-Record Holder John Thomas of the U.S. became the first to top 7 ft. indoors in 1959, there were no fat fees or endorsements with shoe companies. Recalls Thomas: "My coach slipped me an extra $10 that night for hamburgers, and I was king of 44th Street. Times change." Barriers fall...
...Bette adored her older sisters. Susan is a health-care executive in New York City; Daniel lives with her. Judy, the eldest, was a brilliant, unhappy girl. She came to New York and, Bette says, "in 1968, as she was walking along 44th Street, a car came out of a garage and killed her. I was the only family member in town. I had to go to the morgue and identify the body. I don't think my mother ever recovered from the shock. It was a very bad time in our lives...
Other Harvard entrants following Gompers were Mike Curtis (36th place, 25:47.1), John Lewis (44th, 25:57.8), Brian Cann (45th, 25:59.4), and Mike Spence (64th...
Careful readers of our American Scene section will have noticed that pieces by Gregory Jaynes appear more often than those by anyone else. This week's story, about a musical recital in the ranching community of Choteau, Mont., is Associate Editor Jaynes' 44th for the section. Like many others, the idea came from one of his favorite sources, a reader. A woman from Montana wrote to TIME about a nearby piano teacher with an interesting clientele...