Word: dicks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Roaring Forties. His most formidable obstacle was a stretch of black, tempestuous ocean just east of the Cape in the latitudes known forbiddingly as the "roaring forties." In Moby Dick, Melville described how the Pequod "sharply bowed to the blast" in these storm-tossed waters, with "showers of silver chips" flying over her bulwarks. In the voyages of the clippers, a crew of more than three dozen seasoned hands was needed to keep a vessel from disaster in the roaring forties...
When the Post & Times-Star ran that story last September, Editor Dick Thornburg had a hunch there might be more to tell. He instructed Reporter Jim Horner, 32, to case the probate court to see if it was involved in any other high-fee hanky-panky. Horner has been on the story ever since, and his byline has been on the front page almost daily for over two months...
...even subtler devices that will use microscopically small integrated circuits and transmit sound on light beams. "The beauty of this business," says Jamil, "is that if you can imagine a device, it can probably be built." As if to prove his point last week, he put on sale a "Dick Tracy" wristwatch transmitter that can keep a private eye or a government agent in contact with an accomplice 200 ft. away. The transmitter is so sensitive that it even broadcasts the ticks of a built-in watch that actually tells time...
Three sophomores--Dick Benka, Ajootian, and Bruce Hedendal--swept the shot, even though no one could break...
Trey Burns, whose Achilles tendon still bothers him, didn't look disturbed at all last night as he copped the 1000 in 2:14.5. Jeff Huvelle placed a gallant second, running with his legs heavily taped. Dick Howe finished third...