Word: runners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Admiral's Cabin. Chances are, the six other astronauts* shared Shepard's driving urge to get into space. But by the time the top three men were chosen to prepare for the final countdown, despite persistent rumors that Marine Lieut. Colonel John Glenn was the front runner, Shepard's peers had already picked him as their personal choice. His utter devotion to the experiment earned him the flight. Said he with a grin: "Maybe I'm a link between Ham the Space Chimp and man." Whatever the reasons, it was Shepard who was chosen by National...
...course. At the 16-mile mark, the mongrel charged at Oksanen, who swerved suddenly and caused Kelley to trip and fall. Sprawled on the road with a skinned elbow and knee, a bleeding hand and a grit-stained face, Kelley got a helping hand from Fellow Runner Fred Norris, 39, a British coal miner turned student at McNeese State College in Lake Charles, La. Said Kelley: "That was a great show of sportsmanship." Said Norris. who never managed to get back in the race: "Somebody should have shot that blasted...
...members of the team, there is no question that this year's big opponent will be Yale. Yale is building up its team to be the best in the east; the Bulldogs beat a weakened indoor Crimson squad earlier this year. "We can beat them outdoors," commented one runner. "But it's going to be a lot of sweat...
Gary, Ind., Retired Steelworker Joie Ray, who tied the world indoor mile record in 1925, later became an Olympic marathon runner and a marathon dancer ("You can't keep the wolf from the door with medals"), last week celebrated his 67th birthday in his usual fashion. Donning shorts and spikes, Chesty Joie ran a mile in 7:04.8-still within hailing distance of his 1925 standard...
...youthful exuberance and curiosity of his protagonist. Young Antoine Doinel is often in flight and the main quality of the film is one of swirling motion. Streets, houses, neon signs, and country landscapes are constantly whizzing by in blurred succession. The camera only once focuses on the runner directly--in his last escape from a Correction Institution--otherwise, the viewer is absorbed in this kaleidoscopic world of the breathless fugitive...