Word: goals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...flight," it read, "and note with satisfaction the precision of your joint work and your courage, which contributed to the excellent completion of this important experiment. We are confident that the exploration of outer space will greatly benefit earthmen. We congratulate you on a successful step toward this noble goal." In contrast to the terse and often dour notices that have frequently followed U.S. space accomplishments, Tass hailed the Apollo 8 voyage as an "outstanding" success that "opens a new stage in the history of space research." Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny sent a cable to President Johnson calling the flight...
...fakes fooled NBC television cameramen so badly that they lost the action entirely. A 69-yd. Ohio State drive ended with Fullback Jim Otis scoring from the one; a 50-yd. drive to the Trojan 10 enabled Kicker Jim Roman to make good on a 26-yd. field goal with three seconds left and tie the score at halftime...
...Kansas fans will undoubtedly criticize Coach Pepper Rodgers for the loss. But other football followers could only admire him. Late in the fourth Quarter, while ahead 14-7, Kansas had the ball on the Penn 5-yd. line. It was fourth down and a yard to go; a field goal would almost certainly have put the game out of Penn State's reach. But Rodgers, who insists that college football ought to be fun, let his team take the gamble. Instead of trying for the field goal, Kansas went for a touchdown-and failed...
After Cavanagh's score in the final period--a goal almost identical to Gurry's--the Crimson controlled play and had numerous opportunities which they could only convert into two scores...
...Hornig tallied the fourth goal at 15:48 on an assist from Jones and then Owen scored his second goal with only 54 seconds remaining in the game...