Word: lane
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...WEST GERMANY. Traffic is the key problem. Without special permission, a tourist who brings his own car cannot allow anyone else, even his wife, to drive. If he does, he may have to pay the car's entire customs value plus taxes. Hugging the right lane on German autobahns is a matter not only of law but survival. Passing cars often hit 100 m.p.h. Though Germans are quick to turn tourists in for traffic violations, the country is tolerant of Americans who commit "secondary" crimes, such as camping at unofficial sites. Germany is festooned with verboten signs...
Gilvey, starting from the outside lane, was boxed in until the stretch and just didn't have enough to close the gap. Robinson's time was 0:48.3. Nope, it wasn't a record...
...MAJOR LANE ROGERS, 36, a lean, dry-humored U.S. Marine Corps regular, has been in Viet Nam for 10½ months as adviser to a Vietnamese marine batallion. He has no command capacity whatever. All he can do os offer suggestions when and if they are solicited by his Vietnamese "counterpart." To perform effectively, the adviser must earn the trust and friendship of his Vietnamese opposite number- a process that often takes weeks, and sometimes is never achieved. Whenever an American adviser tries to force his views on a Vietnamese commander, he is in for trouble. Thus one overzealous adviser...
...under par. "Disgusting!" said one pro. "Show-offs!" huffed another. They hadn't seen anything yet. Warming up for the third round, Nicklaus belted six drives the length (280 yds.) of the practice tee, sending each soaring over a clump of pine trees onto a six-lane highway beyond. He held a brief courtesy conference with some golf-equipment sales representatives. Then he started for the first tee. "Sorry, fellows," he said, "it's time for me to go to work...
Married. Thomas Schippers, 35, brilliant, boyishly handsome conductor of New York's Metropolitan Opera Co.; and Elaine Lane ("Nonie") Phipps, 26, socialite daughter of Palm Beach's former ten-goal-rated polo star, Michael Phipps; in Manhattan...