Word: cracked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ominous hairline crack has developed in the concrete roof beam of a footbridge in the year-old multi-million-dollar married students dorms...
...surrounds himself or acquiring interests in a growing list of companies. The boss of the $400 million Hunt Foods & Industries, he is also a major stockholder in McCalls and several other companies, recently bought into American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres and acquired a 23% interest in Canada Dry. Simon may crack a few executive heads behind the scenes once he takes over a company, but his takeovers have not been marked by public rancor. Last week, however, he let fly at the former boss of one of his newest companies, excoriating the man in terms rarely heard in the business world...
...financial crisis, it fell 6½ points last week. The usual year-end rally could still occur-the market has risen in 50 of the last 67 Decembers-but last week's decline pretty well dashed the hopes of the bulls who had expected it to crack 900 by New Year...
Harvard played far and away its best hockey of the year a week and a half ago against the Terriers. B.U. held the Crimson attack in complete control in that match, but couldn't crack Harvard's fired-up defense until three minutes into a sudden-death overtime to win 1-0. If Harvard can come up with a similar performance December 29, this one could at least be close...
...England slopes last winter, it is clear that skiing must now be classified as a mass sport. While the 1960 Olympics at Squaw Valley established America's ski terrain as equal to Europe's best, the 1964 games proved that American skiers were on a par with the crack Europeans. Olympic publicity in 1960 boomed interest in the sport the following winter, and there is every reason to expect the coming season to benefit in the same...