Word: tore
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Covering the Planet. Next came what Häusermann and his French architect wife call their "amusement period." Moving into a 32-room, 10th century castle outside Geneva, he experimented briefly with a flying saucer (it rose two feet off the ground before the propeller tore into a wall) and egg houses in plastic (little marvels that could sell for $1,500 that he calls "the perfect solution for weekends and vacations"). But Häusermann's parents' house proved such a conversation piece locally that he was soon inundated with orders for more, including seven concrete...
...over there," he says, "they might start shooting back." Duke knows. Last year, while touring a Marine encampment for the U.S.O., he heard the crack of Viet Cong snipers' rifles. "They were so far away," sniffs Wayne, "I didn't stop signing autographs." The bullets, in fact, tore up the turf within 17 yards...
...Communist posters offer big rewards for every handler captured dead or alive, and fully half of the 18 men who arrived in Viet Nam with Johns last July have been killed or wounded. His only wound came from a dog-not his own-that flipped under pressure and nearly tore off Johns's right hand. His own dog, a German shepherd named Kentucky, patrolling at the edge of a jungle copse, sniffed out an ambush, saved 35 lives-and won Johns a Bronze Star recommendation...
...Bruckel took a corner too tightly, hit the wooden strip guarding the inside of the track, slipped and fell. His flying foot hit Young and tore his shoe off, but Young never broke stride. Huvelle and teammate Dave McKelvey did. The slightly injured Huvelle finished second anyway in 1:11.8 behind Young's 1:11.0. McKelvey was fourth...
...regard to the air pollution of Los Angeles, I recall that in the very beginning of the smog era, the city's transportation officials did what has proved to be a foolish thing. They eliminated all the electric trains that fed into the city from the suburbs and tore up their tracks...