Word: cupful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...foredeck of Constellation racing off Newport, R.I., last week, several crewmen had an urgent command magic-markered on their right knees: "Beat the Bird." That was about the size of it. As the second series of America's Cup trials neared an end, anyone who hoped to defend the cup for the U.S. against Britain this September had to beat American Eagle and her brilliant skipper, Bill Cox. In six official races in the current series, the big new twelve-meter has defeated Constellation once, Nefertiti once, Columbia twice, Easterner twice. Her overall record in the first two series...
...bronze-casters, the later by workers in glass. Many of the objects glitter with elegance and beauty, partly because they were intended for royal use and partly because the Iranian artists knew the value of refracting light. By using curved and slanted surfaces they could make a gold drinking cup glint and dazzle from every angle...
...worst blow was yet to come. Last May both Emerson and Stolle were booted off the Australian Davis Cup squad for playing in foreign tournaments without permission. But as soon as the results from Wimbledon were in, Aussie tennis officials started talking about lifting...
...corks. There stood "Champagne Tony" Lema at last week's Cleveland Open, 15 under par, with just a one-foot putt between him and $20,000-and everybody knows that golf pros do not miss one-foot putts. But there was a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. Ever so casually, Tony stepped up to the ball. Ever so casually, he pushed it right around the hole...
...kicked across. A No. 9 iron put Tony on, 15 feet from the pin -and when Arnie left his wedge short of the green, Lema suddenly had another chance to win. This time he took a deep breath and stroked the ball neatly into the center of the cup. Birdie, hole and match for Lema's third victory in four weeks. His 1964 winnings now totaled $60,561, only $1,090 behind King Palmer himself...