Word: record
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nailed on his 16th driving rap after he pranged a bystander's auto, quirkish Artist Lucian Michael Freud, grandson of Sigmund, was fined $14 by a London court. Said the magistrate, frisking the long record of Freudian slips: "You are temperamentally unfitted to drive a car. I think you'd better see a psychiatrist...
...felt throughout the system. Earth's life will no longer be confined to the earth. This startling development took place with explosive suddenness. Boys still in high school remember a time when sensible citizens considered space flight as impractical as hunting leprechauns. Only ten years ago the altitude record for rockets, 250 miles, was held a brilliant achievement. Only two years ago, the earth satellite, that humblest of space vehicles, seemed an almost impossible project...
...Musica Director Noah Greenberg hopes to take Daniel to Europe later this year. His favorite testimonial to the show's popularity comes from a record salesman (Daniel was recorded by Decca) who, when asked what it was all about, replied: "It's a kind of 12th century My Fair Lady...
...Round Record. Last week, while the lackluster Lakers were losing three out of five games and sinking lower into third place in the four-team Western Division, Baylor still managed to stay fourth in league scoring, kept his average at 23.4 points a game. His scoring would be even higher if he did not pass so often when free to shoot-he ranked seventh in playmaking assists at last week's tally. In addition, he was third in rebounds...
...Barrel-chesting his way in North Sydney's Olympic Pool, Australia's 16-year-old Jon Konrads clipped a whopping 13.9 sec. off the world record for the 880-yd. freestyle with a clocking of 8:59.6 to set his seventh world mark in distances from...