Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...best race of his career, starting strongly and maintaining a steady pace in fourth position most of the way. Throughout the fourth mile, Colburn gradually whittled away the gap between himself and Princeton's Eamon Downey. The two of them matched strides until Colburn turned on his speed in the final 100 yards to edge Downey by a second...
...cover story, felt that he was entitled to some extra measure of impatience. The special publishing deadlines of a pre-election issue meant that all stories had to be written and edited at an accelerated pace; the probability of a bombing halt only compounded the need for speed. But Kriss, along with Senior Editor Michael Demarest and Researcher Mary Kelley, were as prepared as possible for the unpredictable. For months, they have been studying every nuance of the negotiations in Paris...
...Woroner, 43, a full-time producer of radio specials and part-time sports buff, decided to take the question to the nearest modern oracle: a computer. He asked 250 boxing writers and other ring experts to rate famous pugilists on a scale of 58 variables, ranging from the standard (speed, cutability, punching power) to the subtle (killer instinct, ring generalship, courage). With the help of a few experts, he studied shadowy old films and yellowed newspaper clippings of fights to determine the number and kinds of punches each boxer threw. Then he reduced the field to the 16 top-rated...
...people who worked this year for peace abroad and progress at home, today's voting marks a bitter conclusion. But in Massachusetts, there is still one unambiguously good and decent thing that voters can do today. This is to vote "No" on Question #6, and thus to help speed the abolition of the death penalty in this state...
...Neil has developed into a fine, steady, consistent defensive back," Yovicsin says. "He has good speed," the coach continues, "and fine agility and coordination; he reacts and thinks like an athlete...