Word: yd
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...oligarch Saud. his family and supporters." In retaliation, Saud, who once financed a $5,000,000 plot to kill Nasser, this year barred delivery of the kiswa, the canopy for the holy Black Stone in Mecca that Egyptian craftsmen had spent almost a year weaving. Making a new 800-yd. embroidered covering for the shrine has been a prerogative of Cairo each year since the 17th century, but months ago Saud announced that because last year's kiswa "was made of inferior cloth" and quickly faded, Egypt need not bother to send...
...fleetest milers: Dyrol Burleson (best time: 3 min. 57.6 sec.) and Jim Grelle (3 min. 58.9 sec.). Burleson, who had beaten Snell twice before, was confident of victory, and for the first three-quarters of the race, it looked as though he might win. Snell was maintaining a 5-yd. lead, but the lanky Oregonian is well known for his finishing kick. With only an eighth of a mile to go, Snell lowered his head and started sprinting. By the time Burleson reacted...
...took off like a rocket," said Burleson later. "He just went whoosh." Snell broke the tape in 3 min. 56.1 sec.-the fastest mile ever run in the U.S. Astonished dockers timed his last 120 yds. in 13.4 sec.-the equivalent, approximately, of a 10-sec. 100-yd. dash. Said Snell: ""I was never in doubt I would...
...just tell myself to try harder. It's a little like bleeding. First you have to stop the blood -then you try to heal the wound." Perfection. This year Palmer seems to have mended the only noticeable flaw in his game: his tendency to scatter his booming 300-yd. drives. "There's no such thing as perfection in golf," he says. "I'm playing better, and the main improve ment is in my driving accuracy. I'm not hitting the ball any further, but I'm posi tioning it better. I've changed...
...time Palmer reached the 16th hole at Augusta last week, his cause finally seemed hopeless: he needed two birdies merely to stay alive for a three-way play-off with Player and Finsterwald. Then, at the 16th green, Palmer got his miracle: he pitched a 50-yd. chip into the cup for a birdie. Keyed up now, he stepped up to a null putt on the 17th -and banged it straight into the hole for his second straight birdie. On the 18th green, both Player and Palmer played cautiously for pars, solemnly shook hands and-the tension broken-began...