Word: alterations
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Soviet caviar industry has a persistent problem: too many sturgeons are males, which yield no caviar.† And despite years of effort, no one yet has discovered any way to alter this unproductive balance of nature. But Soviet Biologist Boris Astaurov, an authority on practical sex determination, is about ready to solve the problem, thus satisfying Soviet gourmets and pleasing Soviet authorities who prize the export earnings of caviar. (The gourmets and the authorities tend to be the same people...
Small Sad Sam (Phil McLean; Versatile). That persistent folk hero of the pop charts, Big Bad John, is cut down to size ("four-foot-six in his stocking feet") and given the ride he so richly deserves. His alter ego, it seems, "slid into town one rainy night/ Runnin' like a dog away from a fight/ He had a pretty big mouth for a guy his size/ And everything he said was a pack of lies . . . Small Sam, chicken...
Police said they were surprised by the smallness of the increase, and reported that no plans are being considered now to alter the University's regulations on automobile ownership
...Year is chosen on a basis of "one who has done more to alter the world for either good or evil," the man for '61 has got to be "Mr. K." or a composite of all those who fled East Germany. These two nominees have done more to alter the picture of the world than anyone else...
Fullback: Bob Ferguson, 22, Ohio State; 6 ft., 215 Ibs. Only first-string repeater from TIME's 1960 All-America, Ferguson is a punishing, pile-driving runner with good straight-ahead speed (TIME, Nov. 24). Pro scouts are skeptical about his ability to alter course abruptly or block effectively, but they are willing to take a chance. Says one: "The toughest running back in the toughest conference in the country...