Word: sec
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Today, at 51, Meistermann is not only a first-rank painter but also Germany's master of the stained-glass window (sec opposite page). Though such artists as Matisse and Chagall in France, as well as Abraham Rattner in the U.S. and John Piper in Britain, have helped give this once-neglected art a new prestige, Meistermann is probably the most prolific designer of all. He has done dozens of windows for clubs, chapels, offices and public buildings all over West Germany...
...These were the times at which jaunty Jim Beatty, 28, the best U.S. distance runner and holder of the world indoor record for the mile, was to complete each segment of a precisely planned assault on the indoor two-mile record (8 min. 34.4 sec.) held by New Zealand's Murray Halberg...
...part that worried me," said Beatty, "was the first quarter-mile. I was skeptical about my ability to run that in 62 sec., because I am so used to running a mile pace, which calls for about a 58-sec. first quarter." His time for the quarter: 1 min. 1.5 sec., just .5 sec. ahead of plan. At the halfway mark, his last challenger, Canada's Bruce Kidd, fell 15 yds. behind. All by himself, Beatty continued on-pat, pat, pat, his feet making almost no sound on the board track, his elbows wide, wrists dangling loosely, body starchly...
...laps, the stamping, clapping, cheering followed Beatty's steady course around the Chicago Stadium like a series of breakers rolling onto a beach. Beatty sailed through the tape, crossed himself, continued jog ging, and waved happily to the crowd. The judges announced his time: 8 min. 30.7 sec.-almost exactly according to plan and a new world record, by nearly 4 sec. Coach Igloi paid Beatty his supreme compliment. "He does," said Igloi, "what I tell...
...Nilsson, 19. stubby-legged student engineer from Filipstad, Sweden: three new world records at the world speed skating championships in Karuizawa, Japan. Gliding happily through a blinding blizzard that coated him with snow and slowed down his rivals, the unheralded Nilsson sped 10,000 meters in 15 min. 33 sec., won the 5,000 meters in 7 min. 34.3 sec., and set yet another record by winning the all-events championship with the best score ever...