Word: poundingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Inevitably, some people thought that Poitier had been awarded an Oscar more as a Negro than as an actor. He answers this one best with his own confidence: "Watching the performances pound for pound, I had to accept the fact that I wasn't a charity case," he says. As an actor, in all his better movies he has managed to suggest all the frustration and anger of being a Negro, without tumbling into mere bitterness and histrionics-no mean acting feat...
Scientists were conducting pre-launch indoor tests and had just joined the rocket to its payload when the accident occurred. How the 515-pound rocket motor was ignited, causing it to spray flaming fuel throughout the experiment room, is still a mystery...
Market Barons. While the cattlemen's share of the average price per pound of beef has dipped to a six-year low of 45.30, the retailers' share has steadily increased to a record high of 24.90. Cattlemen blame this disparity on what they angrily call "supermarket barons." In fact, supermarkets buy in such large volume that they are practically able to name their own price for beef on the hoof. Says John Fryer, research director of the 75,000-member meat packers' union: "If the A. & P. comes to Swift and says, 'We want a million...
This year, however, the Mutt-and-Jeff combination that holds down the top two posts on the squad has been reversed, with 140-pound Jim Campen moving into the top position ahead of long-hitting captain Stan Abrams...
Last year's fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh players, Bob Holton, Doug Eaton, Dennis Wollan, and Warren Nixon, all graduated, but some of the losses should be made up for by the addition of John Hawkins, a 130-pound sophomore who went undefeated as the top players on last year's freshman team. Hawkins put together a 4-0 record in freshman competition...