Word: sec
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...represent the U.S. in swimming at the Olympics in Rome, a sad-faced Kansan named Jeff Farrell, 23, was the man. The greatest U.S. sprinter by consent and by competition, Farrell last month won the National A.A.U. championship by thrashing through the 100-meter freestyle in 54.8 sec., fastest time ever for an American. He looked a cinch to take the 100 meters, and to win a place on the 800-meter relay squad as well, at last week's Olympic trials in Detroit. But six days before the trials, Farrell underwent an emergency appendectomy and sent U.S. swimming...
...closed fast, and the finishing order was in doubt - to everyone but himself. Even before the announcement, he buried his face in a towel and moaned: "Why didn't I have it? Why didn't I have it?" First was California's Lance Larson in 55 sec.; second was Harvard's Bruce Hunter in 56 sec. Farrell was third, .1 sec. behind...
PHASE 1: lying horizontally under a protective shelter, the missile has its electronic components checked out. This takes 4 min. 30 sec...
...dollars for advertising during the last eight years. Detroit insiders think that Minor may be the next to go. If he does, he probably will not be the last. From Washington came word that the Securities and Exchange Commission is studying the Newburg case to determine whether anyone violated SEC proxy regulations by not listing holdings in firms supplying Chrysler...
During the past season Hunter set University records in both the 100 and 50-yard freestyle events, and the American Inter-Collegiate record, 48.6 sec. for 100 yards. Only Farrell and Steve Clark, another swimmer whom Hunter beat in the semi-finals of the Olympic Trials, have ever swum the event faster...