Word: reached
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...watermelon weighed a whopping 186 Ibs. that Tuesday and was gaining at least 2 Ibs. a day. Could the melon weigh in at 200 Ibs. by midnight Friday and earn its grower a $10,000 prize offered by a booster organization in Hope, Ark.? It did not reach 200 until Sunday, and Bright, 65, a farm-supply-store employee, had to settle for $500 in other prizes. But Bright's future may yet be, well, bright. For one thing, he has sold some of the seeds of his melon, a dozen for $100, and he is convinced that...
...Bible, the so-called "Union" translation of 1919. The New Testament portion is promised for next spring. That news should be encouraging to American evangelicals, who have had a special feeling for China as a missionary field for more than a century. How many copies will ever reach China's Christians remains a question. Meanwhile, one observer of the scene in Hong Kong remained optimistic about the Chinese church. Citing a Chinese proverb, he said: "In no prairie fire do seeds perish; see, their new blades shoot forth amidst the spring breezes...
...abandoned his $150,000-a-year gridiron career for a shot at professional boxing. "Football was always my third favorite sport," he says. "Basketball is two. Boxing is No. 1." At 28, Jones certainly has a No. 1 physique: he weighs 248 Ibs., has an 88-in. reach (9 ½ in. longer than Muhammad Ali's) and a 15-in. fist (as big as Sonny Liston's). To prepare for his ring debut in November, Jones goes to a Manhattan gym daily to spar four rounds and punch a 150-lb. bag for another six. He then shadowboxes...
...Memorex's $900 million antitrust suit, jurors needed a detailed understanding of things like "reverse engineering," "cross elasticity of supply" and "subordinated debentures." The trial lasted 96 days. The jury heard 87 witnesses and examined some 3,000 exhibits. After deliberating for 19 more days, it could not reach a unanimous verdict. Federal Judge Samuel Conti declared a mistrial. He then ruled in favor of IBM, though the jury had favored Memorex by 9 to 2. Suspecting that the jurors were baffled by the whole case, Judge Conti began asking them questions about the evidence. The answers were confused...
...principals, black and white, simply ignored it. Local branches of the Michigan N.A.A.C.P. plan to call on school superintendents to get them moving, and Jefferson will meet with Detroit high school principals to urge each of them to deputize a registrar to keep track of the students as they reach voting age. Madison envisions a voter registration rock concert held in Motown. Admission: one voter registration card...