Word: championship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first lap of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix at Monza; in Milan. Starting as a "gocart" driver at the age of eight, the shy, cool-nerved Peterson eventually raced in more than 100 Grand Prix events, and this year ranked second behind Mario Andretti in the world championship driver standings. Asked if he ever became scared, Peterson, the veteran of some 30 accidents, replied, "No, not really. If I did I think I would give it up." The fatal wreck stirred fellow drivers to demand either the closing or complete remodeling of the 56-year-old Monza course, considered...
...known how to wear outside the ring. When it was over, Muhammad Ali had added another achievement to a long and extraordinary career: at 36, nearly a quarter of a century since he started to fight as an amateur, Ali became the first man to capture the heavyweight championship three times...
...Haley pardonably prides herself on what she refers to as "wintuition." But there is a lot of work and considerable technique involved. Take the copy that recently won her the Florida Championship in the Clarion Master Modulator contest, with prizes including a CB radio and antenna, plus a chance to compete for the grand prize of a Datsun 280Z, a $5,000 personal appearance contract and an all-expenses-paid vacation for two in London. Sample: "Amigo, knock the slack out, turn on your ears to the 40-channel maximum, legal power ... Stop walkin' the dog, gettin...
...What former Harvard soccer goalie led the New York Cosmos to the 1977 NASL championship...
...foundations. Banned from such prestigious but amateurs-only events as Wimbledon and Forest Hills, professional tennis players once barnstormed in station wagons to play for a cut of the gate at a high school gym. Today's stars are not only welcome at the big-name championships, they are free to jet from high-paying tournaments to still higher paying exhibitions to the stratospheric payoffs of staged-for-TV challenge matches. Once Jack Kramer, Lew Hoad, Pancho Gonzales and Ken Rosewall dreamed of an organized tour circuit that would provide steady income to pro regulars. The current Big Three...