Word: poled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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World-class milers, the heroes of track's glamour event, have for years been among the best-paid amateurs. Few have pulled on their running shoes for less than $1,000. Pole vaulters have been paid bonuses of $100 for every inch they soar over 17 ft. 6 in., a height easily within the range of top performers; the world record is 18 ft. 8¼ in., and the vaulters can pick up a tidy sum before the going gets serious. One former Olympic medalist once hinted to a shoe manufacturer that he wanted...
Such objects are, of course, at the opposite pole of sensibility from the ideas of wabi and sabi-"artless" simplicity, near-invisible interferences with nature - which are the root of much Japanese art. These are court art, raised to an intimidating level of egotism: a feudal lord displayed his power and wealth in the costumes of his Nō troupe. Apart from the kind of tie-dyeing used for some kimonos, which took a year to tie and another year to unpick, these robes probably consumed more expert human labor than any other garments in history. The weavers might finish...
...addition to the Warsaw operation, the government has permitted similar gieldy samochodowe (automobile exchanges) in Gdansk, Wroclaw and Lodz. For some Sunday salesmen, business could not be better. At the Warsaw mart, one enterprising Pole had already sold five cars for profits ranging from $150 to $1,000. He needs the money. In the best capitalist tradition, he is working his way through college...
Geoff Stiles was the sole Harvard competitor to rack up points in Saturday's events, placing a hairs-breadth third in the pole vault behind Bill Hartley of Rhode Island and Brad Turley of Maryland. All three had a top score of 15-8, but some of Stiles' earlier misses hurt...
...Harvard track team placed a disappointing sixth in a field of ten in Saturday's Heptagonal meet. Penn won the event as Harvard's Geoff Stiles won first in the pole vault and John Chaffee won the 800 meters race...