Word: footedly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gourdin went wild. After winning the 100 in 10.2, he came back to broad jump 25 feet, 3 inches to become the first human being to clear the magic 25 foot mark, and there by he set a world record, a meet record, and a Harvard record which still stands in little jeopardy...
...Maxim. Morrison's medicine has attracted industry to New Orleans, prompted private capital to construct 25 major buildings in eleven years, raised property values in once dilapidated areas from 95? a square foot to $25. But it has done something even more important. Morrison next year is an odds-on favorite to win a fourth term, is being talked about as a potential governor of Louisiana or U.S. Senator. His success demonstrates a political maxim that last-hurrahing wardheelers across the U.S. are rapidly learning: a hard-nosed, hard-pushed program of municipal reconstruction can do more than patronage...
...Benito Mussolini. Having made his trains run on time, the Duce was determined to prove the quality of his roads. For Fons, 28, the race was simply a chance to prove his hard-earned skills. Short years ago the dark-skinned Spanish nobleman was known for his heavy-foot driving, the careless speed that sent his cars tumbling off the track as often as they finished. Now he knew better. He had learned that every stretch of road, every curve has its optimum speed, that a fraction too little would surely lose, that a shade too much might mean disaster...
...Crimson heavyweights, if they reach the finals, must assume the role of a dark horse behind the top three seeded crews of Cornell, Yale, and Princeton. The Harvard lightweights, however, will be Princeton's strongest challengers and are out to avenge a two-foot loss to the Tiger crew last Saturday in the Goldthwait...
Shocked residents of Lampasas, Texas counted three dead and five million dollars damage yesterday from a ten-foot wall of water that crashed through a broken levee into this central Texas town last night...