Word: kicked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tied in the second half, narrowly escaped defeat in the regulation four quarters when Oiler Quarterback George Blanda, trying to pass to a wide-open receiver, hit himself on the helmet with the football. At the start of a sudden-death overtime, Texan Captain Abner Haynes unthinkingly elected to kick off, and into the wind at that. But the Dallas defense held, and Tommy Brooker eventually ended the 77-min. marathon with a 25-yd. field goal...
President Kennedy has publicly insisted that the U.S. Government was playing no official part in arranging for the ransom to Castro. "This," he said, "is being done by a private committee." What really happened was that representatives of the Justice Department all but ordered drug and chemical companies to kick in with "donations" of their products. Transport companies-railroads, truckers, airlines and shipping firms-were similarly told to "donate" their services. Naturally enough...
Since 1960, the Ford Foundation has seeded 37 U.S. colleges and universities with $127.5 million in matching grants aimed at prodding their friends to kick in even more. Last week the Ford family of fine universities rose by two with the addition of Brandeis ($6,500,000)* and Southern California ($6,000,000).- Each school gets an immediate Ford payment. To get the rest, each must in three years raise $3 for $1 of Ford cash...
...World. Once established on a paper, the astrological column characteristically tends to become a tenacious habit, like Skeezix or Smilin' Jack. The editor would often like to kick the habit, but his star-struck readers, 80% of them wom en, usually won't let him. Some years ago, the Chicago Daily News inadvertently dropped its canned horoscope. "The reaction was the most tremendous I've ever seen," said Feature Editor John Carey, who hastily reinstated the stars...
Breaking Their Morale. Last year Lombardi also had the impressive services of Paul Hornung. a wondrous halfback who, in the day of the specialist, can run, pass, kick or block-and proved it by scoring a record 176 points in 1960. This year Hornung wrenched his knee badly. sat it out on the bench half the season-when he was not posing for ads. The loss would cripple almost any other team. Yet, filling in for Hornung at halfback. Tom Moore scored seven touchdowns, averaged 3.1 yds. every time he carried the ball. Handling Hornung's place-kicking chores...