Word: buoying
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...later they were at it again, and this time Eagle made it exciting. As usual, Cox won the start for Eagle, defended masterfully through a series of furious tacking duels, and led Bavier's Constellation around all five marks of the 24.3-mile Olympic course. Turning the final buoy for the 4½-mile upwind beat to the finish, Cox had a 22-sec. lead. Then Bavier set a new jib on Constellation and launched an exhausting short-tacking drive; 17 times in 15 minutes he put about, gaining a precious second or two on each tack. At last...
...hadn't been for two fouls, Harvard would have come 27 points closer to winning the trophy, which they last took home two years ago. In the eighth race Dave Stookey was disqualified for hitting a buoy, and in the tenth race, Tim Prince dropped out after hitting a starting line marker...
...knocks the boy (who has protested that he can't swim)in after it. The lad disappears and the wife, convinced that he has drowned, berates her husband as a murderer and a coward. The man, beaten and scared, leaves the boat and swims for shore. From behind a buoy, where he has been hiding, the boy swims back to the boat and triumphantly seduces the wife...
...fact that makes Americans the buildingest people on earth. Last year an unexpected 6% jump in construction spending was one of the most important factors in the economic advance. Though they expect this pace to slow slightly in 1964, Commerce Department economists look for construction outlays to continue to buoy the economy, rising 5% to a new record of $65.6 billion. In addition to this fresh spending, Americans will pump another $21 billion into the economy just to keep their buildings, roads and homes in good repair...
Judy Christenat jumped 76 and 79 feet to win that event in the women's division. She also won the slalom title by scoring one more buoy at 32 m.p.h. than Cindy Drummond...