Word: sport
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...development is the oral contraceptive pill, widely used and even more widely discussed both at college and at home. A considerate boy asks a girl politely, "Are you on pills?" If not, he takes the precautions himself. Current joke definition of a good sport: A wife who keeps taking the Pill even when her husband is away...
...Giants scratched out a field goal to make it 10-7. But wrestling bears is no sport for city boys. One after another, the Giants retired to the bench, with assorted broken arms, concussions and the like. Late in the second period Linebacker Morris-only 6-ft. 2-in., 230 Ibs., small as Bears go-thundered into the Giant backfield and slammed into Tittle. Pop went Tittle's left knee...
With four minutes to go the Crimson eased into an eight point lead, and its zone defense kept it comfortably in front. Worcester had to content itself with outside shooting, and while proficient in this sport, was unable to launch a serious counter-attack...
...thwarted leg watchers may grumble that boots have taken all the sport out of the game, but to thousands of other watchers and wearers, boots have been taken enthusiastically in stride. After all, anything is better than the jingling, mushing, clodhopping old galosh...
...game is jai alai, pronounced "hi lie" and meaning, roughly, "merry festival." It is a kind of jet-propelled handball that probably originated with the Aztecs, traveled to Spain with Cortes, and was reintroduced to the New World by the Basques, who claim it as their native sport. The object is simple enough: players wearing basketlike cestas heave a ball against a wall until someone misses. But ah, the details. The court is about 200 ft. long; the ball is so hard (rubber core wound with nylon string, covered with goatskin) and goes so fast (up to 175 m.p.h.) that...