Word: broking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Dash of Strength. Most other experts agree that U.S. trackmen will do even better in Mexico City than they did at Tokyo in 1964, when they won twelve out of 24 gold medals and broke two world records. Impressive as that 1964 showing was, the U.S. won no medals at all in three track events: the 800-meter run, the steeplechase and the decathlon. One indication of the superiority of this year's team is that Americans may well win all three. New York's Tom Farrell and Oregon's Wade Bell are top contenders...
...Olympic squad in the 800-meter run, Kansas' Jim Ryun finally made it in the 1,500 meters, for which he holds the record. Concentrating on only one event should practically ensure him a gold medal. Two weeks ago, Jay Silvester, a Utah insurance salesman, broke his own world mark in the discus with a toss of 224 ft. 5 in., which is more than 10 ft. farther than anybody else has ever flung the 4-lb. 61-oz. wood and' metal saucer...
This week, most of his groundwork completed, McNamara broke his silence. The occasion was the 23rd annual meeting, in Washington, of the board of governors who represent the bank's 110 member nations. Delivering the keynote speech, McNamara outlined one of the most ambitious plans for overseas development since George Marshall delivered his Marshall Plan speech at Harvard in 1947. Not only does McNamara want to double the bank's lending capacity, but he also intends to spread the loans in new directions. More should go, he said, to projects that directly benefit ordinary people in poorer nations...
...Gibson broke the World Series strike-out record by whiffing 17 batters as he carried the St. Louis Cardinals past Denny McLain and the Detroit Tigers 4-0 in the first game of the 1968 series...
...junior javelin-champion-turned-quarcerback tossed perfect spiralling strikes, and the sophomore sensation, who broke the freshman scoring record for last year, caught six of them, two for touchdowns. Champi ran one across himself before relinquishing the quarterbacking duties to Dave Smith in the second half of the game...