Word: wide
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). The North American Roller-Skating Championships in Lincoln, Neb., and the World Professional Target Diving Championship in Las Vegas...
...gave Washingtonians the vote in presidential elections; the other abolished poll taxes in federal elections. Last month, Congress sent to the states for ratification what is potentially the 25th Amendment, dealing with presidential disability and succession. Last week the Senate debated an other proposed amendment that has wide support. Sponsored by Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, it would soften the Supreme Court's one-man, one-vote ruling as applied to state legislatures...
Fabiani used grey ostrich plumes to match his grey chiffon gown. Valentino stitched them all over his palazzo pajamas, tickled the tops of dresses with them, and in a crazy burst, banded Dalmatian-spotted coats with wide ruchings of ostrich...
...bank's stock, President Chin Sophonpanich, 54. He made-and lost -several fortunes in the export-import trade, fell out with the late Prime Minister Sarit Thanarat, and lived outside the country from 1957 until last year. Even in his long exile in Hong Kong, Chin used his wide international contacts to build up the bank's foreign business, left its local affairs in the hands of a youthful staff. Whatever its reservations about Chin, the government is happy to see his bank prosper. Bangkok Bank has obviously helped to enrich the economy and has paid substantial dividends...
...exert pressure on nut or bolt, he would turn in the opposite direction. Martin's new tool, which will be tested on later Gemini flights, is designed to eliminate such reaction almost entirely. The spaceman's wrench, 10½ in. long, 9 in. high and 5 in. wide across the motor housing, has a built-in reaction absorber. When the astronaut presses the trigger, the motor near the handle compresses a spring with a brief quick twist. As the spring expands, it turns the hollow cylinder that surrounds it. Compression and release of the spring occur, alternately...