Word: pack
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Greyhounds run the same kind of race every time: they have a preference for the inside or the outside, the pack or the lead, and there's nothing a trainer can do to change his protege's outlook on life. Times, left to the mercy of Swifty's attraction in a particular race, vary widely. And the dogs work out every day, so frequent racing doesn't dull their edge...
...Viet Nam. The AH-1G Huey-Cobra, a waspish two-man whirlybird with a top speed of 219 m.p.h., can pack a 4,000-round-per-minute machine gun, a grenade launcher and 76 air-to-ground 2.75-in. rockets. Faster and deadlier than any other helicopter in use in Viet Nam, the Cobra is also far safer for pilots. For Viet Cong gunners it is a tough target indeed; it has been slimmed down to a svelte 36 in. (v. 100 in. in the old Huey gunships) by seating the pilot and copilot one behind the other instead...
Hadn't they been down to the Cards, three games to one, and playing in St. Louis? The Cards didn't even pack for the return trip, remember? Hadn't Lonborg stopped them twice before on only one run and four hits? If anyone could win it for us today, it was Jimmy, Jimmy. But no, the fairy tale would have no happy ending...
Behind him half a dozen men pack several cartons of garters, buttons and pennants into a Hertz Rent-a- Truck. "Go-Go Red Sox," one box reads, "Dick Williams for President." says another. Down the way, the NBC color television crew winds its cables and packs its lights and cameras into three large vans...
...wasn't until the 14-minute mark in the first period that the Crimson broke the scoring ice. Richie Hardy, the sophomore center halfback who has been a very pleasant surprise for Munro so far this year, passed through a pack of Techmen in front of their goal. Harvard inside Bruce Detora kicked the ball toward the goalie, Jeff Reynolds, who batted it right into the waiting foot of Ahmed Yehia. A second later, Yehia had tallied his fifth goal of the young season...