Word: topflight
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...adventurous pastors to shock their congregations, is now taken seriously as an approach that Christianity can follow in praising the Lord. More important, the jazz being heard in cathedral chancels is no longer amateurish doodling at Dixieland by clerics in their off-hours but scores composed and played by topflight professional musicians who are intrigued by the possibilities of blending their art with the traditional forms of the church's prayer. Three recent examples of the genre...
...paring 2 sec. from his own European mark; at Helsinki's World Games. Continuing a fantastic, month-long campaign that has seen him smash seven European and world records, including the mile (TIME, June 18), Jazy took this occasion to show that he could run against topflight competition as well as against the clock in carefully staged set-piece races. Ranged against him at Helsinki was a raft of world stars, among them Australia's Ron Clarke and U.S. Olympic Winner Bob Schul; Jazy beat them all, turning on his sprint in the final...
...Madrid's La Zambra. There the defenders of the cause gather to watch diminutive Rosita Duran, the greatest female flamenco dancer since La Argentinita. La Zambra's success has prompted the opening of a smattering of similar tablaos. But there are still only some two dozen topflight dancers and singers in the country-and 14 million tourists a year to applaud twist flamenco...
...role, Simon spends most of his time searching for companies with qualities that make them attractive to move into. He calls upon a topflight staff of experts to help him chart strategy. Among them is Stella Russell, a onetime Simon assistant who is now a director of Hunt, Wheeling and McCall's and who is known inside the company as "the translator" because of her facility for explaining to others what Simon is trying to say. The others: Hunt Vice Chairman Jack...
...quite aware of Sandy Koufax's latest medical bulletins. If Koufax can't pitch at all. I agree, the Dodgers are dead. But if he can go once a week, which the doctors say he probably can do, the Dodgers look golden. No other team can bring a topflight starter to the mound as consistently as Los Angeles, with Koufax, Don Drysdale, and the rejuvenated Johnny Podres now backed up by Claude Osteen, who some won 15 games for the lowly Washington Senators last year. If Ron Perranoski is back in forth, the relief pitching is as good as anyone...