Word: spectaculars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that brief suggestion of his tremendous power, Delany passed Maryland's Burr Grim and won by 15 yds. His time: a creditable 4:09.4. It was Delany's 16th successive indoor victory (an achievement topped with the maraschino cherry of his spectacular 1,000-yd. and two-mile victories in the same evening a fortnight ago). There are many who think this performance puts Ron Delany up there among the greatest runners of all time. Yet there were men who were moved to boos as he broke the tape last week...
...With his countryman John Landy, the world's fastest miler, on hand to watch him perform, Australia's Herb Elliott, 19, spun around the fine track at Melbourne's Olympic Stadium in a spectacular 4:00.4. Sure that he had seen his probable successor, retired Champion Landy announced: "Here is the greatest natural runner I have ever seen...
...paying the occasional penalty of seeming dull, WGBH-TV has not only built up a loyal audience, but also finds ways to draw Bostonians away from the more frenetic fare of the commercial networks. It accomplishes this on a $400,000 annual budget, roughly the cost of one network spectacular. Of that amount, one fourth comes from the $3,000,000 endowment of its proud, richly endowed parent, the Lowell Institute, another fourth from local universities, museums, musical organizations. The other $200,000 comes from private contributions...
...provide the spectacular Americans with some competition and round up contestants for the other events, the Broadmoor had flown in the best figure skaters from Europe. Japan hopefully sent over five contestants, including a twelve-year-old girl. Carried away by it all, whooping Westerners hustled the bewildered foreign skaters through mock branding ceremonies (with redhot irons that sizzled slabs of wood clapped over the visitors' backsides) and dragged them on lariats to the Broadmoor Hotel's front desk...
Around the World in 80 Days. Producer Mike Todd, with the help of Jules Verne, 46 stars and $6,000,000, has created the most spectacular travelogue ever seen on the screen (TIME...