Word: meters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Eight times in national meets she finished in the top six in butterfly events. Six times, she ranked in the top 20 in the world for women in either the 400-meter individual medley, or the 100-or 200-meter butterfly. Walsh's best ranking came in 1966 when she was listed eighth in the world in the 200-meter butterfly...
...however, Rand is feeling the effects of his two-month dose of five-day weekends. The work has piled up as high as a 50-meter jump, and when Wednesdays roll around, despite his itching to get out of Cambridge, Harvard's best (and one of three) ski jumpers hits the books instead of the slopes...
...Nationals are concerned, Walker stated that if Greacen and Toal dove to their maximum potential, each had a good chance to reach the finals. The three-meter event features returning champion Brian Bungum from Indiana while last year's one-meter champ, Tennessee's Jim Kennedy, has graduated...
...Raid. In Bucharest, thousands were homeless. Many of the terrified survivors streamed into suburban parks and the surrounding countryside in fear of further tremors. An employee at the Austrian embassy in Bucharest reported that there were "rifts and holes more than a meter wide in other houses. Heaps of rubbish lay in the streets. It was sheer madness...
Still, the huge sailer poses a problem. The sail must be carried aloft furled (folded, it will fit into a package of only one cubic meter) and the framework assembled far beyond the atmosphere. Luckily, NASA is readying a suitable ferry: the space shuttle. Capable of carrying the sail and framework in its large equipment bay, the shuttle should be in regular use by the proposed launch date for the sailing ship: January...