Word: wilt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Though he is more than a foot shorter and 75 Ibs. lighter than many of his opponents, Murphy is not one to be intimidated. He had barely suited up for the Rockets in a preseason game when he found himself staring into the navel of 7-ft. 1-in. Wilt Chamberlain of the Los Angeles Lakers. "If you want to stay on the court, rookie," growled Wilt the Stilt, "stay out of the middle." The next thing Chamberlain knew, there was Murphy charging straight into the keyhole. Calvin faked one way, Wilt lunged another, and the little man followed...
...motive were quickly rounded up. Somewhat belatedly, the university has joined the I.V. reformers, appointing an ombudsman and a full-time I.V. coordinator. The California regents recently voted to spend $600,000 in Isla Vista during the next two years. Planning will consume $50,000. Some of the funds wilt purchase a vacant lot that I.V.ers turned into a park. Nonetheless, Chancellor Vernon Cheadle still seems baffled by the I.V. phenomenon. "If we had to do it all over again," he says. "I don't know what we could or should have done better...
...heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?" And he said, "Who art thou, Lord?" And he said, "I am Jesus, whom thou art persecuting. It is hard for thee to kick against the goad." And he, trembling and amazed, said, "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" And the Lord said to him, "Arise and go into the city and it will be told thee what thou must do." Now the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing indeed the voice, but seeing...
...with North American as soon as his Lockheed job terminated." The greatest problem of many such men. Potter adds, is to admit to themselves that they must start looking for a job. He knows of Ph.D.s who have not worked for a year but who still feel that they wilt surely be rehired when the next large contract comes...
Arthur Carlsberg, Financier Johnny Cash, Singer Dick Cavett, Television Host Wilt Chamberlain, Basketball Player