Word: decking
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...does not measure more than 18 in. (high) by 18 in. (wide) by 27 in. (long). On liners of the Italian Line, dogs travel first class in small cabins of their own, even if their owners go tourist. On the France, there are not only private dog deck, luxurious kennels and special menus, but to put the international travelers completely at ease, there is a choice of French milestone or American hydrant...
Minutes after they reached the deck of the Lake Champlain, Astronauts Cooper and Conrad were seen, bearded and smiling, on TV screens across the nation. The images were not live TV pickups, which were not feasible due to technical difficulties. But they were the next best thing: still pictures transmitted almost instantly...
...Americans like the idea of London, with its big, swanky clubs with ancient gaming names like Crockford's, which first cut a deck in 1824. "We are looking for an elegance that does not exist in the States," explained one. "Here bookmakers are rich, respected men. In the States, they are gangsters." Agreed the doctor from Atlanta: "They're better mannered about it, more cultured and genteel-like, but they're really no different from Vegas. The aim of the game is still to bleed you as quickly as they can without actually spilling...
Sitting on the sun deck off his 34th floor office in Cleveland's Terminal Tower two weeks ago, the chief executive of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway gasped as an unexpected puff of wind caught the papers at his side and whisked them over the parapet. Walter J. Tuohy quickly enlisted a financial vice president and four aides, and all set out on a frantic search for the papers. For 21 hours, they scrambled over rooftops, peered out on lower ledges and tramped the rush-hour streets below. No luck...
...Alain Bombard set out from France to cross the Atlantic in a 15-ft. dinghy-without once tapping his sealed crate of emergency supplies. He caught dolphins and birds and ate them raw, endured three rainless weeks by drinking juices he pressed from fish, dew scraped up from the deck, and a daily pint of sea water. In the course of his 65-day voyage, Bombard lost 55 Ibs., suffered from diarrhea, a rash that covered his body, and pockets of pus under his fingernails. But he survived...