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Word: clockings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...middle between the Israelis and the Arab extremists, he had to listen to radio pleas from Syria and Egypt urging Jordan's 700,000 Palestinian refugees to overthrow their monarch. To get his country ready for any explosion, Hussein put his security forces on a round-the-clock alert; he began sending extra arms to police posts on the border, started drafting all men between 18 and 40 for 90 days of crash training and strung his tough, trusted Arab Legionnaires all along the frontier. His forces soon arrested four Syrian terrorists who, according to the Jordanian army, were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Ready for Trouble | 12/9/1966 | See Source »

...opinion, is "the best all-around college athlete in the country. In a pinch, he can even play defensive safety or cornerback." Matheson is also adaptable ("He has the ability to play tight end on offense"), and Lynch is "a real leader who is always conscious of the clock and tries to tackle the ball, not just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Football: As the Pros See Them | 12/9/1966 | See Source »

While fans stomped "We're number one," the Harvard basketball team tried to beat the clock and make it a 100-point night, but they couldn't quite...

Author: By Joel R. Kramer, | Title: Basketball Team Massacres Tufts But Can't Quite a Hundred | 12/8/1966 | See Source »

About 250 ft. from the start, Arfons "kicked in" the jet's afterburner. At the first timing clock, he was doing 550 m.p.h. and accelerating fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auto Racing: Nightmare on the Flats | 11/25/1966 | See Source »

...Crimson reversed a 14-7 deficit on a fourth quarter 45-yard drive against the clock. The big play was a third-and-15 pass from Dave Smith to Ray Hornblower for 21 yards. Later in the march, Neil Hurley barreled for the few inches needed for first and goal...

Author: By Joel R. Kramer, | Title: Freshmen Topple Yale in Football, Soccer | 11/19/1966 | See Source »

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