Word: jim
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Henry Bernson threw the javelin 231 feet, 2 inches, and still finished third. Bernson broke teammate Frank Champi's recent record of 224 feet, 6 inches, but Army's Jim Black finished at 237, 11 and Bob Wallis won it with an Army record of 245 feet, 5 inches...
Most enthusiastic horse fanciers of all are teen-age daughters. Jim Little, who has 700 students at the Pegasus-Meadowbrook Stables in Maryland, notes that "19 out of 20 are girls or women. I think the reason for so little interest by boys is that they have so many sports, girls have so few." Kansas City Riding Instructor Jan Dickerson confirms that 80% of her students are girls. Says she: "Boys think riding is a matter of brute strength. Girls are gratified that they become good riders through developing their skills and fine sense of touch." Adds Carol Metzger...
...hillbilly music over Nashville's WSM by saying, "For the past hour we have been listening to music taken largely from grand opera, but from now on we will present 'the Grand Ole Opry.' " The name stuck, and so did such stars as Eddy Arnold and Jim Reeves, who helped spread the Nashville Sound across the country...
Senior track standout Jim Baker was awarded the William J. Bingham Award--Harvard's highest athletic honor--last night at the senior letter-winners banquet at the Harvard Club of Boston...
...Crimson, sparked by Jim Baker's record-breaking performances in the mile and two-mile and Dick Benka's in the shot put, put the Cadets to shame...