Word: snap
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...paying special attention to the "weight rating" which Harvard uses to make sure athletes do not vault with a pole that is too light for them. As a general rule, vaulters like to use the lightest pole possible, since light poles are more flexible and give a more vigorous snap, sending them higher into...
...marrying Runaway Heiress Gamble Benedict, 22, whose grandmother tried to detour the romance. But now Granny is dead, the happy couple snugly ensconced in a 26-room villa in Erlenbach, Switzerland, where Gambi's inheritance makes life tolerable and the photographers drop by once in a while to snap them with their two handsome sons. Gheorghe, 2. and Gregory, three months...
...heat, nor gloom of night poses so painful a threat to the U.S. postman as the common dog. Last year 7,372 mail carriers were bitten by Fido; many more were stayed by a snarl from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. But the postman is about to snap back...
Minor Disagreement. Could he fight? The syndicate hired veteran Trainer Angelo Dundee to turn the amateur into a pro. "I smoothed Cassius out and put some snap in his punches," says Dundee. "I got him down off his dancing toes so he could hit with power." Says Clay: "Dundee gave me the jab. But the rest is me. What changed the most was my own natural ability." Either way, what happened next was a surprise. "If anyone had told me a year ago that Cassius would develop into an international figure," says Tobaccoman Cutchins. "I would have said...
...dust has swelled the ranks of beltmakers from eight only seven years ago to some 84 today and, as usual, the shoddy operators have appeared on the scene. One maker boasts that his belts will withstand 6,000 Ibs.' pressure, when in fact tests have shown that they snap in a 15-m.p.h. collision. To counteract such fraud, 32 leading firms have joined the American Seat Belt Council, which certifies that their belts will take a minimum 4,000 Ibs.' sudden pressure. Detroit has so far played it safe by ordering from such well-established firms as Irving...