Word: grass
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Perth, Australia, Miler John Landy fell far short in his bid for the four-minute mile. His winning time (4:04.2), posted on a grass track, was well behind his best effort (4:02.1), set last month over a hard-packed, windy course...
...Christmas time he tried again. Leaving his Igorot wife behind in Bontoc, he traveled with a photographer and an experienced guerrilla to the outskirts of a small village in the Zambales foothills. There he found a family of Abenlens. All 15 of them were living in a single grass hut eight feet square...
...Grass Cutter. Well ahead of spring's burgeoning, the United States Rubber Co. announced that "Kem-Kut," its new chemical growth inhibitor (maleic hydrazide) can slow down a fast growing lawn for a whole season. Mixed with water and sprayed on the most aggressive turf, Kem-Kut slows cell division. The grass stays green but grows no more than it does through a normal winter. Largescale application of Kem-Kut requires a power sprayer that few amateur lawn-tenders are likely to own. But, with only a hand spray, a man can slow up the grass around flower beds...
...grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever...
...days later, cashing in on their smashing cup performance, Sedgman and McGregor announced that they were giving up the short green grass of amateur play for the long green of professional tennis: a whopping $100,000 guarantee from Pro Promoter Jack Kramer. Teaming up with Pancho Segura, Tennist Kramer will meet Sedgman and McGregor in a nationwide tour that starts in Los Angeles this week...