Word: sec
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...varsity lightweights also broke the Thames Cup record on Wednesday, the first day of the regatta. In beating the Isis Boat Club, the lightweights rowed a 6 min., 39 sec. record race over the 1 and 5/16 mile course. Kent School of Connecticut also provided tough competion for the Crimson...
Then started a decade of frustration for the taciturn driver. He was 4 min. 2.4 sec. behind the winner in 1952, and 17.35 sec. behind in 1957. Last year he trailed the winner, Rodger Ward, by 23 sec. Around Indianapolis they began calling Jim Rathmann the "Bridesmaid of the Brickyard...
Late in the race, both men began to worry about their tires. "I could see the color changing as the rubber wore off," said Rathmann later. "There wasn't anything left." With three laps to go, Ward finally slowed down, and Rathmann roared past to win by 12.67 sec.-with the record average speed of 138.767 r.p.h...
...swimming's sprinters, may be the most prodigious ever. Steve Clark, a 16-year-old Los Altos, Calif. high school junior with a skintight crewcut and an adolescent's gangling frame of 5 ft. 11 in., 147 Ibs., flashed through the 100-meter free style in 55.7 sec. to better by .1 sec. the fastest time any American ever swam the distance...
...Hurley called a New York press conference to introduce a radical new type of internal combustion engine. The news made C.W. stock jump 8| points to the year's high. Later that same week Hurley had another announcement: a 40% cut in the company's quarterly dividend. SEC and New York Stock Exchange called Hurley on the carpet to account for the suspicious timing of the two announcements, and directors grumbled about the damage to the company's reputation. After a sharp drop in profits, Hurley was buffeted by angry stockholders' questions for three hours...