Word: feet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...possible winner before the meet, most best were riding on sophomore Ed Nosal. whose 62'2" heave earlier this season established a Harvard record. But Nosal was unable to find the distance Friday, and had to settle for twelfth place, his best throw being more than ten feet shy of his record-breaker...
...shot put, Benka had to fight some of the toughest competition in the meet. Winner Carl Salb of Kansas set a new meet record of 66' 3/4", bettering Randy Matson's old record by almost three feet. Kansas stars also swept second and third places with heaves of 61' and 60 9 1/2", compared to Benka...
...calmly absorbed the resulting criticism, most notably after the "credit crunch" of 1966. To blame the Federal Reserve for that, says Arthur Okun, who was Lyndon Johnson's chief economist, is "like scolding a driver who just avoided hitting a jaywalking child because he stopped short with four feet to spare...
...human interior decoration. Anouk Aimee is lovely and gracious as Lola, but her seductive simplicity is too hard-edged for Demy's blurry art nouveau. Dressed in clinging blue T shirt and form-fitting jeans, Gary Lockwood makes his way through a thankless role mostly by shifting his feet uncomfortably. Either those jeans are just too tight, or he's trying to stay out of Demy...
Despite Benka's 6'77", 235-pound frame Stowell did not think he could be a top-ranked shotputter--until his sophomore year, when Dick uncorked a 54' heave in the indoor Heptagonal meet. The put went nearly four feet farther than his best freshman effort, but was far short of the 61' 5 3/4" throw which gave him his second straight Heptagonal indoor title this year...