Word: cliff
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Spain's Manuel Santana, 27: the U.S. National Singles tennis championship, beating South Africa's Cliff Drysdale 6-2, 7-9, 7-5, 6-1 in a final match that was interrupted for 40 min. by rain; at Forest Hills, N.Y. Ranked No. 3 in the world (behind Australia's Roy Emerson and the U.S.'s Dennis Ralston, both of whom were eliminated in the quarter-finals), Santana spent the recess buying 15 pairs of wool socks to wear over his sneakers for better footing on the muddy court, limited Drysdale to one game the rest...
...beer and munched sandwiches. Some 50 others were still in the barracks, resting up for the night shift. Suddenly there was a dull groan from the sky. Glancing up, Roosma saw a long chunk of the curling lip of the glacier break off and begin to slide down the cliff, slowly at first and then in a quickening whirl of ice and rock and snow...
...Squaw Peak, the cabaret commands a heady view of the still snow-blotched peak above and Lake Tahoe below. Just getting there is half the fun. On the valley floor, couples are guided into four-seater gondolas by an attendant. After skimming through a notch in a granite cliff and floating over forests of white pine and ponderosa, they bump to a stop amidst the sound of music echoing about the uppermost peaks...
...Dennis Ralston, 23: the National Clay Court Championship, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, over 18-year-old Cliff Richey; in Chicago...
...described unpersuasively as "a girl who blows up bridges" for the French Resistance. When the Allies throng ashore, Irina and a doughty band of villagers who have sallied forth as a welcoming committee are being held hostage by the Germans. The G.I.s who liberate them include wry-smiling Sergeant Cliff Robertson and the inevitable New York Jewish joker (Red Buttons) assigned to all units for comedy relief. Since the village is under siege, Cliff is ordered to evacuate his charges, and the bulk of the action consists of dreary trudging to and from the beach, battling military red tape, ducking...