Word: grass
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Free at last, Dodson and Eckes began a four-day trek back to Danang. Once the enemy passed within three feet of them while they crouched in 6-ft.-tall elephant grass; another time a herd of buffalo chased them. For sustenance, they had the remains of a $16 bag of candy they had bought. Finally they spotted a U.S. C-130 Hercules transport landing behind a ridge and arrived at a South Vietnamese army compound at An Hoa, 20 miles south of Danang-unshaven and tangle-haired, each 30 lbs. lighter, their feet blistered. Grunted a sergeant as they...
...event was seeded as richly as Wimbledon's famed Center Court, and the first seed was naturally Australia's Roy Emerson. Splendid on grass, he is quite likely the best amateur tennis player in the world. Besides, he seemed to own Wimbledon; he had won the All-England men's singles title in 1964 and 1965, and his victory this year was something of a foregone conclusion...
...conclusion was hasty. As he breezed into the quarterfinal round without losing a set, Emerson took on his modestly talented countryman Owen Davidson. In the second set, Davidson popped a drop shot into Emerson's left forecourt. A fine rain earlier had coated the grass, and as he chased the dropper, Emerson skidded, crashed onto his shoulder and plowed into the umpire's high chair. Advantage Mr. Davidson. Match Mr. Davidson, in fact. Emerson had strained the ligaments in his left shoulder, and Wimbledon turned into a whole new tournament...
...troopers lobbed three canisters of gas in their midst. At one point, an eerie silence enveloped the field, punctuated only by what sounded like men kicking footballs; it was the hollow clunk of cops kicking and clubbing fallen marchers. A white woman, her blue dress streaked with mud and grass stains, stumbled over to a platoon of blue-shirted city cops. "How could you be so cruel?" she sobbed. "Don't you know I'm a human being?" "Lady," snickered one of them, "I wouldn't be so sure." In all, close to 50 marchers were injured...
Visibly rattled and muttering to himself, Palmer stepped up to the 16th tee, and proceeded to bounce his drive off a tree into the high grass. His second shot, a No. 3 iron, crawled less than 100 yds. through the rough. He had to hit a No. 9 iron just to get the ball back on the fairway. A stray No. 3 wood left Arnie trapped just off the green; he had to explode to within 4 ft. of the rim and sink the putt to salvage a six-"the greatest six I ever made." Another birdie by Casper...