Word: mins
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...studied the 12-meters through binoculars. A superb boat in light air, Weatherly was already the commanding favorite. Deftly, Mosbacher beat Ted Hood to the start, had a three-length lead crossing the line. He increased the margin until at the finish Weatherly was 13 boat lengths and 1 min. 26 sec. in front...
...most notorious compositions is 4 Minutes and 33 Seconds, which requires a pianist to sit in silence at the keyboard for 4 min. 33 sec., staring at a stop watch before he departs the stage without striking a note...
...widely heralded, 36-million-mile Venus spaceship, Mariner I. last week climbed dead on course from Cape Canaveral with $4,000,000 worth of sensing equipment crammed into it. Then, after 3½ min. because of what was officially described as "a human error" in the information fed into a computer, Mariner wandered irresolutely off course, and a button presser on the Cape gave it the order to blow itself...
...stream and plunge in. They spend hour after hour training muscles, learning survival techniques, studying mountain-craft, developing leadership. In between come big endurance tests: a five-day climb in windswept high country, a six-mile run up and down mountains (best boy's time so far: 38 min. 10 sec.), a 50-mile hike to test speed and accuracy over a specified route, a 48-hour session alone in the woods without food, which becomes a lesson in the edible qualities of roots, berries, frogs and rabbits...
...honors, U.S. track and field stars dominated the meet. Husky Harold Connolly whirled the hammer 231 ft. 10 in., breaking his own world record by 1 ft. 1½ in. Miler Jim Beatty ran away from his competition to win the 1,500 meters by 8 yds. in 3 min. 39.9 sec. Discus Star Al Oerter and Broad Jumper Ralph Boston expected tough competition, but had no trouble handling their Russian rivals...