Word: starters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With this as a starter, Dr. Muller thought society could go on to completely planned fatherhood, especially for couples "who are afflicted with sterility or a dubious genetic endowment." He brushed aside administrative difficulties by arguing that "dictation, whether by politicians, physicians or geneticists, would tend to be self-defeating." Dr. Muller was confident that, freezing would not damage sperm. But in one sketchily reported trial of frozen sperm, among the first three babies was a girl so deformed that the mother refused to take her home, and she proved to be mentally defective also...
...Strong Starter. But the biggest Tiger asset, as Detroit tries to overhaul the Yankees, is Pitcher Frank Lary, 30. He is certain to become the second American League pitcher (after Yankee Whitey Ford) to win 20 games this season, and significantly, he has run up the best part of his lifetime record against the Yankees themselves. Since 1955, he has beaten the Yankees 26 times, lost only nine times; last week he moved into a series with New York sporting a league record of 19-7 and in front of the Yanks, 3-1. (Only pitcher who ever beat...
...that can pinpoint one face in the darkness or illuminate an acre of land. The hybrid Longfellow narrative comes out of loudspeakers while the actors pantomime, but even without dialogue, the leading role is so strenuous that fresh Hiawathas are sent in like substitute halfbacks to spell the panting starter. Their hero slays the "wary roebuck," sears the wild West Wind, hunts down "monsters and magicians," wendigoes and kenabeeks. Skillfully J-stroking his canoe back and forth across the great sea water of an old stone quarry, he shoots mighty arrows at serpents made from inner tubes (every time...
...Europe. Under the complicated scoring system of motorcycling's Olympics, Honda has piled up 106 points in the 125-cc. class, 55 more than its nearest rival, East Germany's MZ motorcycle. And in the big 250-cc. class, Honda has left its nearest competitor at the starter's flag...
Bright Sun, Black Sky. At T minus 3, the "cherry picker" escape crane drew slowly away from the capsule. Away snapped the umbilical cord that had supplied oxygen, power and communication. The rocket was on its own. As it waited for the starter's button, a cloud of white vapor from the liquid oxygen spread like a puddle over its pad. The crowd fell silent. Exactly at T, the rocket roared, rose off the ground and, standing on its tail of flame, climbed smoothly into...