Word: comebacking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After that, it seemed as if nothing else could happen to the U.S. team short of its premier runner falling down in the middle of a crucial race. That is just what he did. Jim Ryun, 25, the Kansas enigma who overcame psychological problems in his comeback in the 1,500-meter run, opened his qualifying heat by taking his accustomed spot at the rear of the pack. With 500 meters to go, Ryun began to make his move. His target: Kenya's Kipchoge Keino, who had defeated Ryun in the heady Mexico City air. Ryun only needed...
Music carries an article on a hip harpsichordist who turns on youthful audiences with Bach and Mozart. Baseball fans are delighted by the return of competition in the American League East; Sport relates the comeback of the New York Yankees and profiles Sparky Lyle, the relief pitcher who made it possible...
...there was an almost solid show of unity behind Shriver on the committee roll call. He got all of the 3,016 votes except Missouri's 73, which went sympathetically to Eagleton, and four in Oregon that went to former Senator Wayne Morse, who is seeking a comeback there this year. In introducing Shriver, McGovern's speech hit only one high point. He drew a standing ovation as he ridiculed charges that he is too radical. "What is right has always been called radical," he said, "by those with a stake in things that are wrong...
...Engine. On the other side, businessmen maintain that, far from being too steep, the rate of profit gain in the current economic recovery is low by past standards. Earnings have rebounded by only 18% in the past year and a half-the slowest comeback, by most measures, that has followed any recent U.S. recession. Average after-tax profit margins are today running at about 5% of sales, whereas they hit 7% during the boom years...
...injuries suffered when he fell or jumped from his apartment window; in San Francisco. A convict turned fighter, Machen seemed headed for the championship until Sweden's Ingemar Johansson kayoed him in the first round of a 1958 fight. After a bout with mental illness, he tried a comeback that soon fizzled, and later worked part time as a longshoreman...