Word: blew
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Steve Bergman nearly blew an easy victory. Two holes up with two to play, Bergman needed only to tie 17 to 18 to win his match But he lost both holes to send the contest into overtime. Bergman bore down on the 19th, and his par won the match...
After cruising for another 75 minutes to reduce their fuel load, White decided to graze the ground briefly to ascertain whether the forward gear was properly locked in place. As soon as he touched down, six of the eight tires on the main landing gear blew out. The same computer failure that had affected the forward gear had locked the brakes on the main wheels, freezing them. White had no choice but to go through with the landing. "It was an experience we wouldn't have missed for worlds," said White, "and one we wouldn't like...
...sixth, Jeff Grate walked and Dan Hootstein, who seems to drool when there are men on base, knocked him in with a double to left field. Bob Welz scored the Crimson's other run in the seventh when he walked, took second on a sacrifice, and scored when McRobbie blew a pickoff attempt...
There was nothing wrong with the weather in Atlanta-at least until the north wind blew. A crowd of 150,000 turned out to cheer the Atlanta (formerly Milwaukee) Braves as they paraded down Peachtree Street in the company of the Dogwood Festival queen, Mrs. Atlanta, the Queen of Posture, and a whole hutchful of night club bunnies-blinking in the unaccustomed sunshine. It was still 70° at 8 p.m., and 50,761 excited fans jammed the city's new $18 million stadium to watch the Braves take on the Pittsburgh Pirates in the season's first...
Scornfully nominated last week for its worst Busters were the unknown riflemen who last summer slaughtered more than 100 sea lions on California's Santa Barbara Island, then bravely blew up the unattended ranger station. Second award went to the unidentified vandals who, late last fall in the Cascades, demolished George Tanner's parked Volkswagen while he lay dying of cold and exposure a few hundred yards away...