Word: sensationalize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Berg's halfback Ray Hornblower was the sensation of the day. The shifty little speedster ran back kicks and took off several times on exciting runs from scrimmage.
The resemblance ends there. With a range of from 12 ft. to 15 ft., the Mace's chemical stream (a tear-gas concentrate called phenylchloromethylketone) affects nerve ends and produces an instant shock and a choking sensation that incapacitate its victim as effectively as a blow on the head...
The brown recluse bites only when it is disturbed and feels threatened. But if it is exploring bed clothes at night, that moment may come when a man simply rolls over in his sleep. Because the bite is inconspicuous and the spider scurries away, the cause is often unsuspected. At...
Looking over a list of leading jock eys recently, one American rider grumbled: "I'm going to Panama to become a U.S. riding sensation." He has a point.
Later, someone suggested that it might be fun to take a trip to West Berlin through one of the air corridors in which the Russians have occasionally diverted themselves by buzzing Western planes. On the way Hughes encountered no Russians but created a minor sensation among ground personnel. "What are...