Word: maiden
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first announced fatality in space flight of either the United States or the Soviet Union came after the Soyuz had completed more than 24 hours in orbit on its maiden voyage. It was the first Soviet space flight in 25 months...
...early lead in the mile and hung on to win in 4:18.8. Hardin placed third as he doubled for the first time this year. Junior Jeff Huvelle led a slow sweep of the 440 for Harvard. Dave McKelvey took second, and came back for another second in his maiden effort...
...from Easy. There, Massachusetts Republican Edward W. Brooke, the only Negro in the chamber, rose to deliver his maiden speech. Fresh from a two-week Asian tour, Brooke recalled that in the past he had often argued that the U.S. "ought to take the first step toward creating a better climate for negotiations," possibly by halting its bombing of the North. But, he said, "everything I learned, not only in South Viet Nam but also in Japan, the Republic of China, the Colony of Hong Kong, Cambodia and Thailand, has now convinced me that the enemy is not disposed...
Without a word to the world, Svetlana received a U.S. visa and an air ticket. Traveling as "S. Allilueva"-her mother's maiden name-she flew on to Rome, accompanied by Embassy Second Secretary Robert Rayle. Then suddenly the story broke, and reporters and photographers turned out in force. Searching for Svetlana, they staked out the U.S. embassy, the airport, Rome's Cavalieri Hilton Hotel and the home of U.S. Ambassador G. Frederick Reinhardt. But Svetlana was nowhere to be found, and Washington, which was be ginning to have second thoughts about the whole affair, was keeping quiet...
...mother, a concert pianist under her maiden name, Iris Greep, went out and bought the first one she saw, a three-quarter length box that served until Jacqueline was six and began taking lessons at the London Cello School. She progressed so brilliantly that at the age of eleven she won the Suggia International Cello Award. After seven years of tutoring under London Cellist William Pleeth, she worked for five months in Moscow with Mstislav Rostropovich...