Word: rival
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Losing a Rival. Why did the Russians do it? One guess: unable to endure Schwirkmann's electronic guile any longer, Russia's secret police hoped, by delaying his departure from Moscow, to force the West German's removal to a Russian hospital, where perhaps with truth serum he could be induced to spill his technical secrets. Or perhaps Moscow agents simply wanted Schwirkmann out of Russia for good. If so, they probably succeeded, for the word from Bonn last week was that from now on West Germany's ace bug expert would probably do his fumigating...
...look at the plate or not, 'cause I don't see too well outa my left eye anyhow." Maybe not, but it makes a big difference to the hitters. "They don't know whether he's going to hit the plate or them," explains a rival pitcher. Actually, Chance's control is excellent: in 254 innings this year, he has walked just...
Seamanship was never an issue; the battle had been won and lost long months before on the designers' drawing boards. Sovereign's Scott actually put his boat across the starting line five lengths ahead. But Rival Helmsman Bob Bavier simply sailed Constellation through Sovereign's lee, within 15 minutes had a ten-length lead as Designer Olin Stephens' powerful hull knifed smoothly through the buffeting swells, while Sovereign pounded like a flat-bottomed scow. When Constellation swept across the finish line, Sovereign was 21 miles and more than 20 minutes behind. Aboard the British tender, Sovereign...
...Allan Kaprow, the inventor of "happenings," was signed up as director, and Allen Ginsberg, grand old man of the beats, was persuaded to take on the exacting role of the poet. The opening at Judson Hall could not have been more auspicious; it was picketed by a rival group calling itself "Fluxus," bearing signs: "Fight the rich man's snob art." Fluxus Leader Henry Flynt favors "compositions" in which a group of people assemble in a dark room while ether is blown through the air vents...
...Fairchild's great dream is to assemble an Eastern aerospace company that would rival the West Coast's Lock heed, Boeing or North American. Toward that end Fairchild and his Fairchild Stratos Corp. have been buying into Long Island's Republic Aviation Corp., have acquired a controlling 21% of Republic's stock. Last week Fairchild's interest caused an upheaval at Republic. Faced by Fairchild's plans for changes at Republic, Mundy I. Peale, 58, Republic's president for 17 years, resigned...