Word: spun
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gregg ran fifth in the early stages of the race, behind Revision, and the three-way first place duel between Follmer and Javelin drivers Mark Donohue and Tony Adamowicz. Gregg moved up to second when Donohue spun out of the lead and stalled. Adamowicz broke down, and Revson made a long pit stop. Driving a smooth, steady race, Gregg never relinquished second place to his pursuers, and took over the lead briefly when teammate Follmer pitted for fuel...
...able to hype much interest in another dream race-unless they bill it as the Ralph Nader Grand Breakdown. The U.S. cars were not merely routed; they were run into the ground. The field-13 Formula As, 17 Formula Ones-was reduced when Swede Savage's Eagle-Plymouth spun around and crashed into a retaining wall. Savage, pulled unconscious from the car, was later reported in fair condition...
Passing Maneuver. Everyone got out of the way of Mario Andretti, one of the few Americans driving Formula Ones on the Grand Prix tour. During some qualifying laps, his blood-red Ferrari 312-B spun out of control and slammed into a wall. Unhurt and undaunted, Andretti hustled to Phoenix, Ariz., for another race while his mechanics repaired the car's front suspension. Hopping a helicopter and then a private jet, he got back to Ontario just in time to qualify for the 12th starting position in the first heat...
...language that is literary rather than professional, British Psychoanalyst R.D. Laing has documented what he calls "our violation of ourselves." In Knots (Pantheon; $3.95), a slim volume of verselike forms, he depicts man in bondage to himself, caught in the "webs of maya," or illusion, that he has unwittingly spun...
...Street type accounting system and pointed out the plunge in the number of PBH volunteers during the past three years. PBH responded by stating that this year the number of volunteers increased so sharply that the organization could not integrate 200 students into existing programs. This statistic was then spun around as further ammunition aimed at PBH, which the CSCR criticized as being too professional. PBH admitted all its problems and the CSCR seems to be punishing PBH for its frankness...