Word: erraticism
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Iron Man was right. Erratic and emotional, Arnold Palmer is at once exciting and exasperating; his patented, last-gasp finishes have given golf some of its brightest moments. In the 1960 Masters, he birdied the last two holes to beat Ken Venturi by a stroke. In the 1960 U.S. Open...
There are weak hearts associated with this situation, but they do not belong to us Spartans." Air Force Major Slayton. 38, wanted the folks back home to understand that as far as he was concerned, there was nothing wrong with his health or his heart -despite the fact that an...
His erratic heartbeat had been no secret long before he was chosen for the next orbital flight. "Your support in the continuous struggle to force decisions based on fact rather than fear." he told the mayor, "is greatly appreciated." NASA officials were "a little bit surprised." but they planned to...
Scrubbed as pilot of the U.S.'s next orbital shot because of "erratic heartbeat" was Astronaut Donald ("Deke") Slayton, 38. Aware of his condition since 1959 and subject to fortnightly recurrences ("I get rid of them by running two or three miles"), the tenacious Air Force major was belatedly...
Five years later, another adventure: the hero is roosting in a colony of homosexuals on a Greek island, posing as the archest of fallen angels. Under the erratic leadership of Ambrose, a bogus decadent out of Dorian Gray, he takes up a life of wine sipping, and feebly attempts a...