Word: sec
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first half-century, and rightly so. When he retired in 1929, Weissmuller held every freestyle record from 100 yds. to the half mile. And who could forget his showing in the 1928 Olympics, when he devastated his own Olympic 100-meter mark in the breathtaking time of 58.6 sec...
...Lincoln, Neb., where tads the size of his beloved Cheetah smashed five world and eleven meet records. And when they did not break records, they logged times that would have crushed Johnny at his best. Like Mark Spitz, 18, who splashed off with the 100-meter freestyle in 53.6 sec...
...Acorn Stakes at Belmont by six lengths, packing 121 lbs. and tying the one-mile track record of 1 min. 34 4/5 sec.-set in 1942 by the famed Count Fleet, carrying only 116 lbs. She followed that up with a ten-length victory in Belmont's 1¼-mile Mother Goose Stakes and a twelve-length triumph in the 1¼-mile Coaching Club American Oaks, thereby becoming the first thoroughbred in history to capture the filly Triple Crown. By post time at the $57,950 Delaware Oaks two weeks ago, Dark Mirage had just about...
...same area, President Johnson last week signed a bill that expands the SEC's powers over disclosure. The SEC is concerned about the rapid increase in the number of cash tender offers being made to shareholders. There were 100 such acquisition offers in 1966 v. only eight in 1960. To make sure that they are legitimately and fairly made, the new law provides that anyone who wants to buy 10% or more of a company's stock must immediately identify himself and give a complete accounting of his negotiations and intentions. "Everybody is so scared of the SEC...
...that the sugar-cane crop "will be 10 million tons rain or no rain" by 1970. Echoing his call are red and yellow pop-art billboards along the roads proclaiming "ten million in '70," while Santa Clara bars push the "ten million cocktail"-a concoction of rum, triple sec and cane sugar. But publicity and propaganda do not grow sugar cane, and most experts doubt that Castro can deliver on his promise. After a prolonged drought, this year's crop is at least 3.5 million tons below his target...