Word: meters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...secretary from Texas who quit after one session. Those seeking spiritual release must pass through five levels of liberation; in addition to lectures on the glories of Scientology, initiates must answer a long series of questions, often highly personal, while clutching two tin cans wired to an "E-meter," an electrical gadget reputed to be also capable of communicating with inanimate objects (in one such experiment Hubbard was in touch with tomatoes). By watching the fluctuations of a needle, Scientologist "auditors" can supposedly discern when a student has become "clear" and has attained "total awareness and freedom.'' Students...
Even the girls would have left Tarzan gasping in their wake. Debbie Meyer, 15, the snub-nosed aquabelle from Sacramento, Calif., shattered world records in the 400-meter freestyle (4 min. 26.7 sec.) and 800-meter freestyle (9 min. 17.8 sec.), led Arden Hills Swim Club to another record (8 min. 46.2 sec.) in the 800-meter freestyle relay...
...National A.A.U. championships in Lincoln, Neb., where tads the size of his beloved Cheetah smashed five world and eleven meet records. And when they did not break records, they logged times that would have crushed Johnny at his best. Like Mark Spitz, 18, who splashed off with the 100-meter freestyle...
...reside in Kimberley, South Africa. "I don't know much about politics," she said quietly, "but I am disappointed the Olympic committee allowed politics to enter sports." Then she showed the world what it will miss in October by breaking the listed world records in the 100-meter backstroke (1 min. 6.9 sec.) and 200-meter backstroke...
...keep her records afloat. Someone else is likely to sink them. In no other sport do records fall so fast. Last year no fewer than 37 world marks were broken, while only 16 track records were improved. In ten years, two full seconds have been lopped off the 100-meter freestyle record. In track the comparable 400-meter dash mark has dropped only...