Word: tossed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...surprisingly strong Nixon state, Florida gave the Republicans 14 electoral votes that had been rated as a toss-up. Riding the conservative state-wide trend, Republican Edward J. Gurney easily defeated former Gov. LeRoy Collins, widely-known as a liberal on race. Democrats picked up one seat in the House, however...
...particularly good day for Harvard, and a terribly bad one for Dartmouth. The Big Green lost the toss of the coin, and from then on it was downhill...
...hemorrhaging from a ripped rib cartilage, and still he set an Olympic mark of 200 ft. 1½ in. In Mexico City, he slipped in the rain-soaked discus ring and tore a thigh muscle. Relaxants and ice treatments numbed the pain for the finals, and on his third toss he won his fourth gold medal. Oerter immediately began thinking ahead to Munich in 1972-and the possibility of a fifth title. "I think I can continue to improve until I'm 40 or so," he said...
Apparently, yes. As the script takes shape, Wiles and Schlatter begin to toss out soft comedy lines and beef up others. Soon the final draft-having grown to 235 pages, or about three times as large as the customary script for a one-hour comedy show-is ready. The cast gathers around a table in the studio for a read-through. After two days of casual rehearsal, they head for the stage for two twelve-hour days of taping. The only audience present consists of staffers, office boys, secretaries, members of families. The laughter on the show is canned...
...Kansas' Jim Ryun finally made it in the 1,500 meters, for which he holds the record. Concentrating on only one event should practically ensure him a gold medal. Two weeks ago, Jay Silvester, a Utah insurance salesman, broke his own world mark in the discus with a toss of 224 ft. 5 in., which is more than 10 ft. farther than anybody else has ever flung the 4-lb. 61-oz. wood and' metal saucer...