Word: quarters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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David Aaron, deputy assistant of the National Security Council, settled these weighty matters by flipping a coin with Counselor Alexander Bessmertnykh of the Soviet embassy in Washington. The coin: a U.S. quarter. "Eagles," called the Russian. Eagles it wasn't. So the first day's business meetings and dinner will be held at the U.S. embassy...
...quarter-century between Citation and Secretariat, the vagaries of racing luck saw six horses win the first two races of the Triple Crown, only to falter over the 1 ½-mile course of the Belmont Stakes. In 1958 Tim Tarn was leading the field with one-eighth mile to run when he broke his leg. In the 1953 Kentucky Derby, Native Dancer was bumped and then forced to go so far outside that he could have stopped for a mint julep in the clubhouse. He won the Preakness and the Belmont, but his Triple Crown was lost. Nashua, Needles, Damascus...
Coal Conversion. The U.S. has just over a quarter of the world's known reserves of coal. But coal is expensive to transport and heavily polluting. One solution: convert it into gas or oil. Neither idea is new; London's street lights last century were powered by coal gas, and during World War II Germany fueled its planes and tanks with coal oil. The conversion involves heating the coal to very high temperatures under high pressure so that it decomposes and gives off oils, carbon monoxide and hydrogen gases, which then have to be passed through a catalyst...
...Mencken lived. The future "Observer" satirist was unaware of that, though today he suspects that Mencken was the elderly gentleman who one day called the cops to chase Baker and some fellow ballplayers out of the square. In high school, young Russell was well liked, athletic (he ran the quarter mile) and showed promise as a humorist with a senior-year essay...
With the defeat of the Rangers, four games to one, the Montreal Canadiens captured their fourth straight Stanley Cup, their 15th in the past quarter-century, their 22nd championship in a skein that began...