Word: metered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Yorker saw what was coming. At Consolidated Edison's Energy Control Center on Manhattan's West Side, Engineer Edwin Nellis was monitoring a meter that records the amount of power flowing in from upstate
Harvard also hopes to continue its tradition of Olympic success. The club's former members include 1960 gold medalist George O'Day '45, 1948 gold medalist Hillary Smart '45, and 1964 bronze medalist Don McNamara. O'Day and Smart won in the 5.5 meter class, while McNamara took third in the Olympic Star class...
...Bonjour, Michel Jazy!" boomed the voice from a considerable height. Looking up, and up, France's world mile record holder beheld none other than old Track Fan Charles de Gaulle, 74. "You ran a beautiful 5,000-meter race Saturday against the Russians," said the President, in a rare mood as he visited the National Sports Institute in Paris' Bois de Vincennes. "Of course, your 10,000-meter was not so good, but then you had that Russian Ivanov against you-et il est formidable." Strolling on, De Gaulle found himself unexpectedly staring up at France...
...world hammer-throw record, hurling the 16-lb. weight 241 ft. 11 in. to top Harold Connally's three-month-old mark by more than 8 ft.; at a meet in Debrecen, Hungary. Unprepared for such a contingency, meet officials spent a frantic hour searching for a 100-meter measuring tape- required for gauging record throws. They finally borrowed one from the local water board...
...Thank you for your fine article on the A.A.U. swimming nationals [Aug. 27]. But you forgot to mention the world record set by Kendis Moore of Phoenix in the 200-meter butterfly. This was the second world record by Miss Moore in the past month; the first was set in the 220-yd. individual medley. In addition, Bernie Wrightson of Phoenix swept all three diving crowns. This was the first time in the history of the meet that this had been accomplished...