Word: poled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...disappointed that the pictures showed no obvious signs of life-no lichen, bushes or trees, nothing even remotely resembling an animal or the monsters or little green men beloved by generations of science-fiction writers. Said Exobiologist Carl Sagan: "The pictures do not suggest that the planet is filled, pole to pole, with living things." But, noted Sagan, nothing in the pictures ruled out the existence of life on the planet either. Soffen added that the lander's immediate vicinity held half a dozen niches in which conventional biology, including hundreds of life forms, could be detected...
...Eave Two-Man and Eave Three-Man. Rounded on top like Conestoga wagons, these tents take two minutes to erect and have withstood winds up to 80 m.p.h. No center pole or ropes are needed, and the tent breathes through a porous cloth roof protected by a waterproof "fly" that overhangs it like an eave. The three-person version weighs 6 lbs. and costs...
Track and field will be handled by Keith Jackson, assisted by Experts Marty Liquori (the distance runner injured in the Olympic trials), Brian Oldfield (a former Olympic shot-putter), Bob Seagren (of pole vault and superstar fame), O.J. Simpson (he ran sprints before sweeps) and Wyomia Tyus (100-meter gold medalist in 1964 and 1968). Jackson, along with Bill Flemming and former Olympic Stars Mark Spitz, Donna de Varona and Micki King, will cover swimming and diving, while Chris Schenkel with Cathy Rigby Mason, America's Olga Korbut, will report gymnastics. Boxing and freestyle wrestling will be called...
...threat was justified for the speaker was Bruce Jenner, now U.S. decathlon champion and holder of the world record since August 1975. The mark he broke was Avilov's. Last month at the U.S. Olympic trials, despite relatively weak performances in the shotput and pole vault, Jenner scored 8,538 points and broke the record again. No one else has ever topped 8,500 points. Avilov, meanwhile, has had limited competition since Munich; for a year he was without a coach, and last winter he strained a knee ligament, which slowed his training...
...excellence in three. Powered by his heavily muscled legs, Avilov (6 ft. 3 in., 191 lbs.) is expected to outscore Jenner in the long jump, high jump and the 110-meter hurdles. Jenner (6 ft. 2 in., 195 lbs.), who is more supple, has an edge in the pole vault, 100 meters and 1,500 meters. The 400 meters could go to either. In the throwing events, which involve both strength and speed, the two are evenly matched...