Word: tandem
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Padriac and Harry Spence, pedalling a tandem racer, zipped across the finish line 17 seconds ahead of freshman Chase to receive a laurel wreath and a kiss each from Debby Hall, equipment director for the Wellesley Outing Club, which, along with the Harvard Outing Club, sponsored the affair...
...Spences' bicycle-built-for-two was ineligible for the first prize -- a sleek Allegro touring bike donated by the Bicycle Exchange. The only other tandem entered in the special cycle category puffed acriss the line a half hour later, in last place...
Coach Jack Barnaby substituted the experienced senior tandem of Dean Bauer and Dave Hodges at second doubles, and they responded with a 6-4, 7-5 victory...
...least not while the economy was booming. In late 1965, when the President wanted an easy-money policy, the Fed seemed to go out of its way to tighten things up. But ever since business turned sluggish last winter, the President and the Reserve Board have been working in tandem. The Federal Reserve sliced required bank reserves to make money more available. The Administration pushed the reinstatement of the 7% investment credit on corporate capital spending, pumped money into a drooping mortgage market, stepped up highway and other construction spending, including $1.14 billion more released last week. Federal Reserve Chairman...
Space Coast Guard. There is no shortage of ideas. Martin Marietta Corp. has proposed launching a piloted Gemini rescue spacecraft in tandem with an unmanned Gemini containing three seats. After the twin craft had rendezvoused with a disabled Apollo vehicle, for example, the three-man Apollo crew could transfer to the empty Gemini, detach it from the piloted rescue craft, and return to earth simply by firing their retrorockets...