Word: sport
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...city sponsored its first stock-car race. It was a financial flop. But one of the drivers was Bill France; after finishing fifth, he decided to concentrate on promoting races. By last week, France had made Daytona the capital of stock-car racing, his Daytona International Speedway was the sport's No. 1 emporium and he himself was indisputably king of the stocks...
...mini-Olympics? That was the possibility last week as no fewer than 39 nations announced that they would boycott next October's Mexico City games in protest over the International Olympic Committee's decision to readmit South Africa. Banned in 1963 for its Apartheid policies-in sport as in everything else-South Africa has now promised to field a fully integrated team of black, white and Colored athletes who would live, eat, march and compete together. But South Africa's Olympics trials will still be segregated, and its neighbors are unsatisfied. Complaining that black South African Olympians...
Loafers & Loud Coats. Stocky (5 ft. 9 in., 170 lbs.) and balding, Lane wears a puckish smile fixed below his wire-rimmed spectacles. Instead of banker's grey, he prefers loafers and loud sport coats; he has made a trademark out of ties, in a variety of colors, bearing the inscription: "It's a wonderful world...
Finally, the coach must ensure that the sport remains an enjoyable experience for the player...
...emulate Sir Francis' accomplishment. As Sir Francis notes at one point: "I had no feeling of romance about the voyage yet but, of course, seasickness is very anti-romantic." By the end of Chapter 10, most readers will be willing to give up singlehanded sailing for a safer sport-say, skydiving...