Word: cupful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That was the only question at Newport, R.I., last week as Bus Mosbacher sailed Intrepid to a fourth straight triumph over Australia's Dame Pattie and made sure that the America's Cup will remain at the New York Yacht Club for at least three more years. The ease of Intrepid'?, victory did not discourage other challengers. No sooner were the races over than two challenges for 1970 were received-from Britain's Royal Dorset Yacht Club and France's Yacht Club d'Hyeres...
There was talk of runoff races, on the order of tennis' Davis Cup eliminations, to determine which country will compete against the U.S. Whatever crew it is will have its work cut put. Intrepid'?, architect, Olin Stephens, is brimming with ideas for an even faster 12-meter. Its sails, naturally, will be made by Ted Hood. And who will sail the boat? Said Mosbacher: "Given the same team, I would consider another Cup defense...
Irked by complaints that previous nets had not screened out all contestants of doubtful femaleness, the I.A.A.F. ordered chromosome tests for European Cup competitors at Kiev. Ewa, co-holder of the women's 100-meter world record (11.1 sec.), saw no need to duck the test and readily submitted to having a few cells scraped from inside her cheek for chromosome analysis. On the basis of the microscope's evidence, three Russian and three Hungarian doctors gave the fatal verdict: Ewa is not a woman because she has "one chromo some too many...
...wagering Britons, London stockbrokers last week offered as much sporting activity as the Grand National Steeplechase and the World Cup soccer championship together. Shares of Ladbroke Group Ltd., Britain's premier bookmaking house, were offered to the public, and thousands queued for days in advance at banks in London's City and West End to pick up prospectuses and put in orders...
Indeed, the odds against any foreign boat ever beating a U.S. America's Cup defender looked so heavy that there was some talk of retiring the 116-year-old Cup, or changing the competition -perhaps to one-design racing, which would test the talents of crews and skippers more than the genius of architects. "That would be ridiculous," insisted Intrepid Architect Olin Stephens. "This business of a country designing and building its own boat has captured the world's imagination...