Word: jacked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...helicopter. It can make a jump takeoff, cruise at 120 m.p.h., maintain altitude at a forward speed of only 30 m.p.h. and settle gently to a spot landing. Should its engine fail in flight, the gyroplane can float safely to earth under its whirling rotor, much like a Cracker Jack toy. It cannot, however, match the helicopter's unique feat of hovering motionless in midair...
Kennedy, of course, has several powerful friends at the local level. Nassau County Chairman Jack English sways voters living in a densely-populated Long Island suburb of New York City, and Joseph E. Crangle wields the same kind of power over Erie County (including Buffalo). Although they have not officially supported Kennedy, they do not hide their feelings. A strong county chairman has unmatched influence because he--not a United States Senator or Governor--directly controls the lower-level patronage and favor-dispensation which remain the crux of American politics even when the nation...
...Jack Turco, Fritz Reed, and Paul Saba are the leading candidates at the moment, but every day it looks more as though Cobb will be returned to his old spot, leaving a wide open battle for third base...
...hard to think of Jack Nicklaus as an old man, especially at 28, when he is still the favorite to win practically every tournament he plays. But Jack is suddenly experiencing the problem that every aging prodigy faces: youngsters are tapping him on the shoulder and saying, "Move over, Dad." This spring, as never before, professional golf has been invaded by an army of ambitious newcomers who can belt a ball every bit as far as their elders (or farther), dig divots on the greens with the bite of their approach shots, and putt as if the cups were canyons...
...Died. Jack Fulbright, 69, older brother of the Arkansas Senator, a Harvard ('24) football hero who sold steel in Missouri and lumber in Arkansas before retiring to Tennessee in 1960; of a heart attack; in Memphis...