Word: pittsburgher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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THEODORE R. BROMWELL Pittsburgh...
...salesman for an electronics company, Joe Sherman could not find another. At 54, his age counted against him. His real education was skimpy. So Sherman put a new and imaginary personality on paper. He subtracted 15 years from his age, added a cum laude degree from the University of Pittsburgh, work on a Ph.D. at the University of Florida and a broad array of engineering experience. Then he mailed his resume to a wide range of electronics firms all over the country...
...Anesthetic explosions in the operating room can be properly guarded against only if the anesthesiologist gets an early warning-well before his mixture of gases has actually reached the danger point. Dr. John F. Zeedick of Braddock General Hospital, near Pittsburgh, working with the Mine Safety Appliances Co., has developed a portable combustible gas indicator that can be conveniently hooked into most modern anesthesia machines. Its moving needle shows safe concentrations of gas on a green scale, cautionary readings on an orange scale. When the explosive level is reached, the needle crosses onto a red scale. Dr. Zeedick...
Then there was Navy. Quarterback Roger Staubach (TIME cover, Oct. 18) strapped himself into a shoulder harness, completed 14 of 19 passes, for 168 yds., scored one TD himself, and steered the No. 10-ranked Middies to a convincing 24-14 triumph over unbeaten, No. 3-ranked Pittsburgh. But the bookies insisted that it wasn't really an upset. Just because of Staubach they had picked Navy by five points...
...Unbeaten (4-0) but unranked Auburn: a 29-21 upset of No. 8-ranked Georgia Tech, as Quarterback Jimmy Sidle passed for one TD and ran for another. No. 3-ranked Pittsburgh just got past West Virginia 13-10. Pitt's next opponent: Navy, which edged V.M.I. 21-12, as Quarterback Roger Staubach completed nine of 13 passes for 148 yds. and scored one TD. Other scores...