Word: smoothly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like most sports, motocross has developed an international litany of stars that competes for purses often running as high as $20,000. International champion in Joel Robert, 26, of Belgium. First winning the title at 19, he has continued to take it four educational times. His smooth style and grace are indicates of the type of riding that has allowed Europeans to dominate motorcross...
...road is dusty, winding and tortuous, but every Wednesday and Sunday several hundred people turn off the smooth concrete of Route 142 near Anaheim, Calif., and bump their way upward to the oak-studded hills of Carbon Canyon. They assemble themselves on folding chairs formed in a semicircle in a glade near the top of the Hill of Hope, and there await the Miracle of St. Joseph. They are never disappointed. At 10:30 a.m., a stocky woman with soft gray hair and intense brown eyes walks quietly in front of a modest pedestal holding a small statue...
...tumble about in a wildly agitated way, apparently in search of those dimly remembered good surroundings. A short time later, this "memory" faded, and they resumed their normal, only slightly agitated movements. Similarly, when they were transferred from poor environments to better ones, they suddenly started swimming with smooth, undisturbed movements, seemingly relieved to get to more favorable surroundings. After several minutes, they again "forgot" where they had come from and returned to their ordinary movements...
...represents not only a considerable achievement-it is the first new rail transit system to be built in the U.S. in 65 years-but something of a challenge as well. BART was built as an attempt to entice San Francisco commuters out of their cars and onto a fast, smooth rail transport system that serves the entire Bay Area. Says Lawrence Dahms, BART'S assistant general manager for planning and public service: "The basic reason behind BART was not just to keep people from building more freeways but to change development policy. Since 1946, America has put its money...
...named Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World magazine. That did not sit too well with Schollander, who was still considered by many to be king of the aquatics hill. Haines, who had been selected to coach the U.S. men's team at Mexico City, did little to smooth over the rivalry with his candid statement: "Right now, Spitz is better than Schollander." As Chavoor puts it: "Mark wanted to be friends with Schollander and all those other big studs, but they didn't want any part of Mark. So he withdrew." As hurt as he was flippant and cocksure...