Word: poled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been spotty, purses have been paltry, and the tour's personalities have shown little of the crowd-pulling pizazz so important to commercial survival. The I.T.A. still has problems, but its struggle to succeed has been made easier by a pair of iconoclastic performers: Shotputter Brian Oldfield and Pole Vaulter Steve Smith. Both world-record holders, they are also flaky, free spirits who have just what it takes to make the tour more successful...
Embree, who won the high jump two years ago with a leap of 6 ft., 8 1 2 in., has improved on that height some six inches and is a certain first in the event. Blayne Heckle in the pole vault and Ahmed Kayali in the triple jumps (Vanderpool- Wallace is concerning on the long jump) are other mainstays for the New Englanders...
Ultraconservative in politics and social values, he looked with great loathing upon his sexual desires. To bolster his selfesteem, he says, he clung to racist views. "I kept thinking that if there was someone lower than me on the totem pole, it was not so bad. It was a defense mechanism...
...Minnesota Twins have marked their stadium in both feet and meters. The distance from home plate to the left-field foul pole is indicated by two numerals painted on the stands: 100 (for meters) and 330 (for feet...
Blayne Heckel was a double winner for Harvard with his long jump of 21 ft. 11.5 in, and his pole vaulting efforts of 13 ft. 6 in. Steve Niemi took the hammer throw with a toss of 187 ft. 3 in. He also won the discus. Ahmed Kayali won the triple jump for the Crimson...