Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Prophet, Seer and Revelator" as well as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sat side by side with Vice President Nixon (in the company of Mormon Apostle Ezra Taft Benson) in the church office in Salt Lake City and said: "I sat by your competitor a few days ago. I said to him, 'If you win, we'll support you.' Today I say to you I hope you are successful.' Though McKay's Nixon endorsement surely would swing much weight with many of the nation...
Your article on the decathlon star, Rafer Johnson, awakens issues more pertinent and basic to our national prestige, namely, that the U.S. is existing in a dangerously competitive world and that racial prejudice and bigotry cannot be tolerated if we want to continue to exist as a competitor and, possibly, a leader...
...Washington the Administration saluted the Russians for "a fine job." And a fine job it was, aiding not merely the Russian standing in the space race but the longer-range human adventures of science and exploration. Every lap completed in the space race, by whichever competitor, adds to the sum of mankind's knowledge and carries him closer to the stars...
...decathlon poses an impossible challenge. No one man can ever hope to be the absolute best in all ten events. The lean sprinter will have trouble with the shot; the beefy weight man will lumber through the 100 meters. Worse yet, the events are cunningly alternated so that the competitor has no chance to use the same muscles and reflexes twice in succession. The cumulative effect is numbing. Because of his rare combination of speed and strength, Johnson is at his best in the 100 meters, 400 meters, the javelin, discus and shotput. But his weight is a handicap...
...decathlon, each competitor's performance in each of the ten events is measured against a formidable 78-page book of tables...