Word: spun
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Penn had scored its lone goal, fielded a long down-field pass, spun, dribbling around two defenders and let go one of his fabulous long, high kicks, inches above the goalie's hands and inches below the goal's crossbar...
...sunny Saturday morning, and the big parade was about to begin. From the horns came tentative tootles as bandsmen warmed up, and here and there snapped the punctuating rap of snares. Off to one side, a little lipstuckup ten-year-old girl in a resplendent black uniform spun a shiny stick. Her perspiring mother hovered near by, brandishing a hairbrush. The little girl pursed her lips and swung her baton with the same concentration and faultless precision that another might devote to a game of jacks. The baton shot up and around as the girl flipped it into a neck...
...orbit, Soviet Cosmonaut Sherman Titov last August repeatedly exulted, "I am eagle, I am eagle . . ." Last week a report newly published by two Russian scientists revealed that Titov had also been as seasick as a puppy during the 25-hour flight. Although the Siberian-born jet jockey spun his dials satisfactorily despite the malaise and disorientation, the Russian experts admitted what many physiologists have long suspected: that the human capacity to endure prolonged weightlessness remains to be proved...
...Trips was wary of Monza, "the Death Circuit" that had killed some dozen drivers since it was opened 39 years ago. Twice it had nearly killed Von Trips. In 1956 his Ferrari spun out of control, rolled over eight times without injuring him. Just two years later, he took the first turn too fast, rolled once more, and suffered a fractured knee that kept him out of racing for a year. Von Trips was always "Count Crash" after that, but he was driving more carefully this year, taking fewer risks; and he took heart because Monza...
...best-read column on the front page of the Detroit Free Press last week bore the byline "Winn Pennant." It spelled out in loving detail the Tigers' chances for winning the American League pennant. On the radio, local disk jockeys spun a cornball ditty called Go You Tigers. All over the city, banners and auto stickers proclaimed the team and its top hitter...