Word: fourth
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Premier Tran Van Huong was going home to lunch, and the motorcade that assembled to take him to his house was routine security. Led by a policeman on a motor scooter, it consisted of three Jeeps filled with South Vietnamese cops toting M-16 rifles, a fourth Jeep loaded with members of the presidential guard and armed with a .50-cal. machine gun, and the Premier's aging black Mercedes limousine. On both flanks, the cavalcade was guarded by plainclothesmen riding Hondas...
Game of Catch Up. "The secret of my success," says Davenport, "is staying relaxed." What keeps him loosened up? "Pressure," he says paradoxically. "I thrive on pressure." He has had plenty. Hot on his heels this season have been Erv Hall and Leon Coleman, the second-and fourth-place finishers in the 1968 Olympics. In Philadelphia two weeks ago, Davenport was so relaxed that he seemed to have fallen asleep in the starting blocks. "I don't know what happened," he says, "but all of a sudden everybody was out there ahead of me. From then...
...last week's NCAA, he went in ranked seventh and came out with third and an All-America rating. His third place put was especially remarkable considering the severe cold and bloody nose he had at the time. This year, he is in good health and is ranked fourth...
Harvard collected 12 points in the 500-free competition as Steve Krause and Dave Powlison placed in the top ten. Krause established a Harvard record in the qualifying heats with a 4:51.8 clocking, 44.0 seconds better than the mark which he held. This time was fourth best in the afternoon, but in the finals last night, the tired Krause slipped to sixth...
Coach Bill Brooks had no entrants in the fourth event of the day, the 200-yard individual medley, and the medley relay team failed to qualify...