Word: englands
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Moderator Roland Warren, a Brandeis professor, strode to the microphone and suggested that both angry parties "take into consideration the different methods of debate in the U.S. and England...
Rendell, on the other hand, had attacked this view as "almost racial." ("What you are saying is,) 'These people (the peasants in Vietnam) don't matter--what matters is my New England conscience...
...Empire is gone. The pound is going down - and now even skirts seem to be. The Beatles were hooted out of Manila, and the national cricket team is currently getting clobbered by the West Indies. Still, England oscillates. The cause of the excitement is an ugly, 12-in.-high trophy known as the World Cup and symbolic of supremacy in soccer - a game that seems tame to Americans, but still is the most popular spectator sport on earth. In London last week, after years of trying, England finally won the World Cup by defeating West Germany...
Nobody knows for sure how many fans watch soccer each year, although estimates run to 500 million. Queen Elizabeth and 97,000 of her more delirious subjects crammed into Wembley Stadium to watch the climactic contest of a 71 -nation competition that started two years ago. England was the odds-on (at 1-2) favorite on the strength of a tenacious defense, led by Captain Bobby Moore, that had allowed just one goal (on a penalty shot) during the entire World Cup playoff - plus a swarming, aggressive offense sparked by Bobby Charlton, who scored both goals when England beat Portugal...
...long minutes it looked as though the two weary teams (no substitutes are permitted in soccer) might still be playing next week. Then Geoff Hurst got his second wind, ramming in a five-footer for one goal and scoring the clincher on a long solo dash to bring England the World Cup for the first time in history...