Word: mins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...actual Channel crossing lasted only 1 hr. 25 min...
First Baseman Dave Koza did not get to bed on April 18. That night, Koza and his teammates on the Class AAA Pawtucket (R.I.) Red Sox began the longest game in the history of professional baseball, an 8-hr. 7-min., 32-inning endurance contest with the visiting Rochester (N.Y.) Red Wings. The game was finally called at 4:09 the next morning with the score tied 2-2. Since then, Koza, 26, has caught up on his sleep-and spun a few dreams. "I've been thinking about being the hero," Koza said...
...Min-Chueh Chang, 72, co-developer of the birth control pill, on one of its side effects: "I personally feel the Pill has rather spoiled young people. It's made them more permissive...
...began to run. Railbirds could not believe their eyes, and the track's dockers stared at their watches in amazement. The bay colt pounded through the mist at a sizzling pace, and when he flashed past the mile pole Summing had set a new training track record, 1 min. 374/5 sec. Four days later, Summing proved that his startling workout was no fluke. He won the Belmont Stakes in convincing style to crush the Triple Crown hopes of Kentucky Derby and Preakness Winner Pleasant Colony, who finished third. Instead of becoming the twelfth Triple Crown champion, Pleasant Colony...
...doubted Summing's speed, the colt benefited most from an unusually slow pace during the early stages of the race. Jockeys, fearful of spending their horses too early over the grueling 1½ mile distance ambled through the first three-quarters of a mile in a somnolent 1 min. 141/5 sec. By that time, Jockey George Martens, 22, had Summing snugged into the rail, running easily on the lead under a tight rein. Martens, content to rock along, peered over his shoulder repeatedly, looking for a challenge from Pleasant Colony. Finally, as the horses headed into the home stretch...