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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Early this month at London's White City Stadium, Clarke became the first man to break the 13-min. barrier for the three-mile run. He covered one mile in 4 min. 15.4 sec., two miles in 8 min. 36.4 sec., flitted across the finish in 12 min. 52.4 sec., lowering his own month-old world record by a full...
...husky boys got off with a fast-chopping 50 strokes a minute, built up a one-half-length lead before slowing the pace to 41 strokes. At times, the Vespers pumped away at more than 40 strokes, but never succeeded in closing the distance. Ratzeburg glided past the finish line of the 2,000-meter course a neat 9 ft. ahead...
...revolution that ousted Leftist Goulart 14 months ago and installed Castello Branco in his place. The new President has no love for the raw new city either. As a friend says: "In Rio the President works and rests. In Brasilia he only works." Nevertheless, he seems determined to finish what Kubitschek started. "The consolidation of Brasilia," says Castello Branco, "requires only time and money-mainly money...
...another story in the final, with Ratzeburg beating Vesper in a contest of power rowing. The Germans went off at an incredible 52 strokes per minute and never dropped under 40 before they sank, exhausted at the finish line. It was several minutes before they could row back to the shore...
...London's rainswept Thames River. Considered one of the alltime great crews (TIME, June 18), Coach Harry Parker's unbeaten Crimson, victors over Navy, Cornell, Princeton, M.I.T. and nine other challengers this season, was expected to win with ease-and so it did, low-stroking to the finish in the relaxed time of 19 min. 41.6 sec., some...