Word: slamming
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...theory apparently is that the only lives parachutists risk are their own. But that is a dubious assumption. At least it is to the Airline Pilots Association, which grimly speculated last week on what would happen if some day a skydiver plummeting gaily down from 20,000 ft. should slam into the windshield, wing or tail assembly of a passenger-laden airliner...
Perry Jones, 69, dean of U.S. tennis coaches, rates her among the alltime greats: behind Helen Wills Moody, the star of the 1920s and 1930s, but ahead of Doris Hart and about on a par with Maureen Connolly, who in 1953 achieved a grand slam by sweeping the Australian, Wimbledon, French and U.S. singles championships. Which, Billie Jean announced last week, is precisely her goal...
...scene is from a 1929 two-reeler starring, as the salesmen, those two heroes of the harebrained, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. To the uninitiated, the mayhem may seem just a grand exercise in slam-bang slapstick. But to a fan club called the Sons of the Desert, it is a classic example of the high comedic art of "reciprocal destruction" and worthy of scrutiny down to the last double take. Described as "an organization with scholarly overtones and heavily social undertones," the Sons of the Desert (named after an L. & H. film) was founded two years...
BATTLES IN THE MONSOON, by S.L.A. Marshall. A rapid-fire account of a summer's campaigning in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam, this book by Brigadier General "Slam" Marshall brings the red visage of war into close-up focus...
...Rocket. With that kind of money at stake, it is no wonder that the competition is fierce. Current king of the pros is redheaded Rod ("Rocket") Laver, 28, the Australian left-hander who five years ago became the only player since Don Budge in 1938 to achieve a grand slam of amateur tennis' four top tournaments-the Australian, French, Wimbledon and U.S. championships. Laver turned pro in 1963 and learned quickly how much tougher it was to play for pay: he lost 19 out of his first 21 pro matches. Last year Laver was the tour...