Word: successful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...keys to Mark's success are outsized, scooplike hands and a curious ability to flex his legs slightly forward at the knee-which allows him to kick anywhere from 6 in. to 12 in. deeper than his competitors. "Mark's whole body ls so flexible," says his father that the water just seems to slip past him. That flexibility also gives him an abnormally long stroke; in the butterfly he can swim the length of a 25-yd pool with only 13 strokes, while most swimmers require 15 or 16. "I'm slower...
Despite a small but growing body of medical evidence to the contrary, the idea persists that heart disease is one of the prices paid for occupational success. The greater the ambition and stress that is part of continued job promotion, so the "Executive Heart" myth goes, the greater the incidence of heart trouble. Last week, at a joint meeting in Boston of the American College of Physicians and London's Royal College of Physicians, Dr.Lawrence E. Hinkle Jr. of Cornell University Medical College reported the results of a five-year study that makes the opposite point:the more successful...
...BALTIMORE--If Boog Powell returns to 1966 form and the young pitchers who won the Orioles the pennant that year also find the winning groove again, then 1968 could be a big Bird year, despite Lyndon Johnson's withdrawal. The Robinsons will hit, but the team's success may lie in large measure in Manager Hank Bauer's talents--Baltimore needs coaching and coddling...
Despite the restricted schedule, Barnaby termed the trip "a qualified success." "We showed great team spirit and our tennis definitely improved," Barnaby said. "This squad has a fighting chance o beat any of the Ivy League teams this season, including Princeton and Pennsylvania...
...public project out of keeping rioting to a minimum. He had enlisted the support of the people and of James Brown instead of the National Guard and Federal troops. And in spite of a few "minor incidents" (buildings burned and firemen stoned) Boston's was one of the few success stories in the country...