Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...better. This year Stewart, 30, has replaced King James as the Scottish ruler of the road. Last March, in the South African Grand Prix, first of the 1969 world championship Formula I series races, he roared into the lead on the very first lap, and has rarely been behind since. In the most astonishing driving display in Grand Prix history, Jackie raced his 430-h.p. Matra-Ford M580 to victories in Spain, The Netherlands and France. He lost at Monte Carlo only after a faulty drive shaft forced him to drop out one-third of the way through the race...
...single event better illustrated the pre-eminence of the pitcher throughout the 1968 baseball season than the July All-Star game. The best batsmen in both leagues struck out 20 times and collected only eight hits as the National League eked out a soporific 1-0 victory. One disgusted spectator called the game "the biggest bore of my life...
...real winners were the batsmen of both leagues, who collected 17 hits and 35 total bases. Better hitters? More likely, this season's narrowed strike zone and lowered mounds have restored the balance between hitters and pitchers...
...Heard has sought greater student and faculty involvement in governing the university, and this year added recent graduates to the board of trustees. He has strengthened the teaching of sciences and created the rank of "distinguished professor," a device that allows the university to exceed authorized salaries to attract better teachers. Taking a strong stand against segregation, he has worked to increase black enrollment (103 out of 6,000). He shows a thoughtful understanding of student dissent and told a group of Memphis businessmen this year that sending in police is bad because it drives uncommitted students to support radicals...
According to Wall Street legend, the head of a rival firm once impressed directors of a company about to float a securities issue by bringing his father, a revered financier, to a sales presentation. Weinberg, tipped by telephone that he had better do something quickly, hurried to the meeting. His opening words: "I'm sorry, gentlemen. My father is dead...