Word: somersault
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...world's No. 1 bobsledder is a coal-and-ice dealer from Cortina, Italy. Eugenio Monti, 32, broke both legs in a skiing accident years ago; one cheek is deeply scarred from a splintering crash two years ago at St. Moritz, when his sled turned a double-somersault. "Brakes?" snorts Monti. "You should use them only to stop at the finish...
...number of network shows. If when they get home their children are slumped before the visage of Ed Sullivan, they can take succor in the knowledge that only hours before they occupied his place. And as the last acrobat on Ed's stage performs his final somersault, they can hope, without undue optimism, that their progeny will look up, focus on grim reality for a moment, and say: "Gee, Dad, we thought you were great...
...display and conversation with the ground, the pilot will have little to do in his orbit around the earth. An automatic attitude sensor will operate the gas jets that keep the capsule from rolling. Then, at a signal from the ground or from the pilot himself, the jets will somersault the capsule, turn it so that its retrorockets can fire and slow its speed...
...Endurance was less than four hours old when Chicago's Bob Gold-ich, 33, took a tricky S turn just a touch too fast. His little (1.9 liters) Arnolt-Bristol sports car skidded across a taxiway at Sebring's abandoned airfield and rolled into a sideways somersault. A graduate of the dangerous melees of midget-auto racing and the father of two children, Goldich was dead of a broken neck before he reached the hospital...
Next day, overcoming the judges with a peerless exhibition, the women's defending champion, comely Pat McCormick, 26, a California housewife, spun through intricate optional dives, performed a final running full-twisting forward one-and-a-half somersault that was good enough to add the platform title to her springboard victory and make her the first diver ever to win both titles in two Olympics. This was slim pickings, indeed, compared to Russia's sweep of 11 of the 17 gold medals in gymnastics, three of which were won by lovely Larisa Latynina...