Word: hr
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...walnut dais in Room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Building, many often late for sessions that began at 9:30 a.m. and usually ended by 5:15 p.m. They had to recess for every quorum and roll call on the House floor, and also broke for 1¾-hr. lunches...
...chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, advised his colleagues to give President Nixon "running room" and bargaining chips at the arms limitation talks. SALT will be a major item at the summit conference when the President visits Russia at the end of the month. After a 2½-hr. secret debate, the Senate voted 49 to 37 in favor of the missile improvements, which were earlier approved by the House...
...their mouths and kept them alight for 30 sec. (v. the previous record of 28 lit for 30 sec.). Another titlist, Scott Case, managed to smoke 110 cigarettes simultaneously for 30 sec. without endangering his health. Kevin Farrell and Corey Fletcher each stood on one leg for 7½ hr., 60 min. longer than anyone ever has before...
Allan Littman, 17, consumed a pound of grapes, with seeds, in 52 sec. to crush the old mark of 65 sec. Allan Greenberg, 22, twirled a record album on his forefinger for 5 hr. Bruce Stewart and Robert Argust slapped each other's faces for 31 hr. to top the old record by one hour. Frank Dolce blew 116 smoke rings on one drag to break the old high...
...school students, in the middle of their 35th game of Monopoly and six hours ahead of the previous record, complained that they had not been properly fed and "it's extremely boring." Three other young titlists came better prepared. Setting their own private record for unicycle riding (50 hr.), they brought along Johnson's baby powder to alleviate what they called "diaper rash" and kept happy in the saddle for a record 50 by playing cards, Ping Pong and pool...