Word: championing
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...always ran scared." This sound approach got him elected treasurer and sheriff of Mancopa County in Arizona's territorial days, then carried him to eight terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and seven more in the Senate. Now 90 and the nation's alltime congressional tenure champion with 56 years of service, Senator Carl Hayden has decided that he will not seek re-election this year...
...Celtics spotted Wilt ("The Stilt") Chamberlain and his heavily-favored 76ers a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Division playoffs, then ran away with three straight games-two of which were played in unfriendly Philadelphia. Last week they capped that performance by trouncing the Western champion Los Angeles Lakers 124-109 on the Lakers' home court, to capture the final playoffs by four games to two, and win their tenth N.B.A. championship in the past twelve years...
...Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., took some doing. The 82 aspirants from 20 states and six foreign countries all boasted impressive golfing credentials: Oklahoma's Bob Dickson was the winner of both the U.S. and British Amateurs last year; Colorado's Hale Irwin Jr. was the N.C.A.A. champion; Britain's Clive Clark was a former member of his nation's Walker Cup team. But laurels alone were not the price of admission. Each student had to be personally recommended by his own local or national P.G.A.; he had to cough up $250 for tuition...
Died. Patrick P. Thienes, 83, onetime polio victim who became a champion hiker; of emphysema; in San Diego. Stricken with polio at six, Thienes began to hike at 14 to strengthen his legs and promote charities that cared for crippled children. In 1905 he covered 9,000 miles in the U.S. and Canada; in 1912 he set a record of 77 days for a coast-to-coast walk-and 50 years later broke it by walking from Los Angeles to New York in 54 days...
...Crimson won't find things as easy as they would have expected. Yale began badly this year, but the Blue has finally ignited and played some disturbingly powerful lacrosse. Last week they tied defending Ivy champion Princeton, 8-8, capping off a five-game streak without a loss...