Word: intrepidly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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During its 119-year history, the America's Cup challenge has been spectacularly one-sided. Last week, though the U.S. yacht Intrepid held a 3-1 lead over Australia's Gretel II on the scoreboard, the action on the water was the closest, most hard fought in years. Plagued by fog, riddled with protests and jolted by a collision, the best-of-seven series was also one of the most bizarre and controversial in Cup annals. Said the Sydney Sun: "The name of the race committee boat sums up the whole shebang-Incredible...
...controversy was unfortunate if only because it tended to obscure the fact that Gretel II was the most formidable foreign challenger since the Cup switched from giant J-class boats to 12-meter sloops in 1958. When Intrepid scored her easy victory over Valiant in the U.S. trials a month ago, it was generally conceded that she had all but clinched the Cup. In 20 previous attempts, few challengers had even come close to wresting the trophy from America, and the preliminaries off Newport gave no indication that this year's races would break any precedents. The Aussies, scuttled...
...stuff of a racing skipper's nightmares, and stayed that way for five agonizing minutes. Barely had the crewmen cleared the headsail when Gretel II nosed into a heavy wave that bucked Crewman Paul Salmon off the slippery deck. While the Aussies circled to rescue their comrade, Intrepid glided...
Angered and disheartened, the Australians lost the third race by 1 min. 18 sec. as Intrepid capitalized on two tactical blunders. The first occurred when Gretel II crossed the starting line 30 sec. before the gun; she had to turn back to cross again, allowing Intrepid to breeze off to a 100-yd. lead. The second goof came on the fifth leg when Gretel II, closing hard on the defender, failed to follow Picker's starboard jibe and went in search of a better breeze on a port jibe. She did not find it. The fourth race saw Intrepid...
...Dick Tracy, Cartoonist Chester Gould often anticipates events and inventions long before they become reality. Along with Diet Smith, Tracy beat the astronauts to the moon by seven years. The intrepid detective talked into a two-way wristwatch-radio before the transistorized version was invented. Now Tracy has introduced the "humane" pistol. It fires a cartridge that on impact spurts a slippery, tranquilizing liquid that upsets the footing of a fleeing suspect and immobilizes him for half a minute-just enough time to slip on the handcuffs...