Word: subbed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Roger Bannister ran the world's sub-four minute mile in May 1954--hailed by London newspapers as the greatest achievement in athletics history"--Harvard's mile record stood at a sluggish 4:16.5, set by A. C. Northrup '38 in his senior year...
Things have changed in 14 years. When Bannister, a 25-year-old English medical student, crossed the finish line at Oxford's Iffley Road track after his history-making 3:59.4 run and collapsed from exhaustion, he was thought to have done the impossible. Today, Jim Ryun breezes through sub-3:55 miles with seemingly no effort...
Entering the final event at Middlebury, the 60-meter ski jump, Harvard stood third in the team standings after superlative Alpine performances. But Mitchell's injury had a big psychological effect on Harvard's other jumpers. "Our guys were just trying to live through the experience," Friedman said. Their sub-par performance dropped Harvard to sixth place. Perennial champion Dartmouth edged Middlebury to capture the team title...
...Russians lag well behind the U.S. in submarine warfare. One reason is that their ships are slower (about 25 knots submerged), make more noise and cannot dive so deeply as U.S. subs, and are thus easier to detect. But the Soviets are continually trying to improve. They are using their big hydrographic fleet to learn more about the sea environment and to find hiding places in the canyons of the ocean for future gen erations of deep-diving submarines. The U.S. Navy tries to keep up with even the most minor changes in the development and deployment of Soviet subs...
...herbicides used in Viet Nam. Aerial spraying has destroyed crops of sweet potatoes, rice, sugar cane and vegetables used by enemy troops in South Viet Nam, and drifting defoliants have accidently destroyed rubber trees, sugar and tomato plants in friendly territory. But there is no indication that sub sequent crops on the same land are affected by the chemical dousing...