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...Sweden, former Davis Cup player Ove Bengtson, now a TV commentator, said, "Arthur was unique, but not only as a player...Arthur was the first gentleman in modern tennis that I got to know. He was one of the finest representatives in international tennis. In politics, he always went his own way during a time when there were a lot of militants...
Impatient Lombardi holdovers on his staff quickly concluded that he was incompetent and let that be known around town. Nevertheless, Devine managed to turn around the losing team he had inherited from Lombardi's immediate successor, Phil Bengtson. He took the Pack to the play-offs his second year in Green Bay and was selected as conference coach of the year...
Indeed, Sociologist Vern Bengtson of the University of Southern California's Andrus Gerontology Center foresees an "age backlash" in the coming decades, a period
...elderly will become the major group agitating for change. The trend is already becoming evident in a few cities, where "gray panthers" have been organizing to demand better housing, increased Social Security benefits and improved medical care. It can also be noted in news-media treatment of the elderly. Bengtson has counted the number of items concerning senior citizens in three leading newspapers-the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times-in 1960 and 1972 and noted a sixfold increase. Nevertheless, Congress has yet to fund the National Institutes of Health's newly created Institute...
...four ties, six conference titles, five National Football League championships, and two triumphs in the Super Bowl. Lombardi will devote all his time to his other job as general manager of the profitable Packers (1966 net: $827,439), leaving the coaching to his longtime assistant, former Defensive Coach Phil Bengtson...