Word: glenn
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Everybody knew that Hayes could run: he had won two gold medals at the 1964 Olympics, was the world record holder at 60 yds. (5.9 sec.), 100 yds. (9.1 sec.) and 100 meters (10 sec.). But so could Frank Budd, Ray Norton and Glenn Davis - all track stars and all pro-football failures. At 6 ft. and 181 lbs., Hayes was also one of the smallest men on the Cowboys' roster, and in early practice sessions he couldn't do anything right. "He batted down the ball instead of catching it," recalls Dallas Flanker Buddy Dial. "He looked...
...purists cry "Heresy" many people agree. They argue that the human ear, adaptable instrument that it is, after repeated hearings of a note-perfect performance of Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony in all the glory of living stereo," will never again be satisfied with a fallible human performance. Pianist Glenn Gould has not played a concert in a year and a half because "that way of presenting music is passe. If there is a more viable way to reach audiences, it has to be through recordings. Concerts as they are now known will not outlive the 20th century...
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11:15 p.m.). Trial, MGM's 1955 film about a university instructor (Glenn Ford) who defends a young boy (Rafael Campos) accused of murder...
...Glenn, of course, is a national hero, and he takes the responsibility of the role modestly but seriously. "The flight did create a lot of attention, particularly among young people," he notes, quietly, "and this hero business does amount to something." It was 30 percent amusing, 30 percent saddening, and 40 percent embarrassing to watch middle-aged adults flocking around a reluctant but obliging "John: and asking him for his autograph "for my son who is going to be an astronaut." (The prize must go to the distinguished foreign professor who handing him the pad, confided gruffly, "Frankly...
...collectors of Batman comic books, John Glenn, isn't "cool," but a man with his qualities doesn't need...