Word: whiz
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Washington Senator Scoop Jackson, California Governor Jerry Brown and AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland. Those who sent regrets, however, should have no regrets about having missed a whiz-bang show; the convention was exceptionally dull...
...with some Phillies stars and wanted to stay in the National League so that he could chase down Stan Musial's record of 3,630 career hits (Rose now has 3,164), and he fancied the Phils' billiard-slick artificial turf, which will help his ground balls whiz past infielders. Perhaps most of all, he delighted in the challenge of making the talented also-rans of a town of renowned losers into a winner. Proclaimed Charlie Hustle: "I think I can put them over the top. The team needs leadership...
...winner to tutor their children. "It was pretty primitive compared to what I'm doing now," Kaplan said recently during an interview. "Forty years ago there were no standardized tests. The big thing was grade-point average, so I tutored in the three R's." Kaplan's engaging whiz-kid personality rubbed off on his clients--his reputation grew to the point where he was tutoring 200 students on a one-to-one basis...
...usual, Harvard's best performance yesterday in Annapolis came from sophomore whiz Bobby Hackett. After Navy had swamped the Crimson's medley relay to jump out to a 7-0 lead, Hackett stepped up to the blocks for his specialty, the 1000-yd. freestyle. As the swimmers left the blocks, one jumped the gun, but--unable to hear the recall shots--they continued into the first turn. When one of the lap counters made a valiant attempt to stop Hackett, he cut the Olympian's foot open in the process. The meet stopped while Hackett was taped...
Swingman Hooft, the Winnemucca whiz, alternated between a starting and sixth-man role last year but still managed to connect for double-digits in 18 of Harvard's 26 contests...