Word: padding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Although an onslaught of astronaut sniffles and sore throats at Cape Kennedy last week delayed the orbital flight of Apollo 9, an unmanned spacecraft named Mariner 6 was successfully launched from a nearby pad. Its ambitious mission: to search for evidence that life can exist on Mars...
...called for the owners to pad the players' pension fund with $5,450,000 for the next three years. The owners had been holding out for $5,300,000, the players for $5,900,000. So who won? Most fans, noting the embarrassment that the boycott of spring training caused both players and management, agreed with Chicago White Sox Owner Arthur Allyn: "As I see it, it was a loss for all parties concerned...
McCurdy hopes to come out of the field events 12 points ahead or Princeton and 20 ahead of Yale. This would be more than enough to pad a Harvard victory against Yale strength in the sprints or possible upsets in the distance events...
Quickening Stride. Criticism of PAD rolls right off Hefner's back. "I know how good the show is," he says. "It's better than the Johnny Carson Show or the Joey Bishop Show, and I do a better job hosting than Ed Sullivan does." He is so convinced that the show will be a success (and indeed, the ratings have been remarkably good) that he is already planning 26 more for next season, intends to expand Playboy's TV and movie operations. He is talking about buying a Hollywood studio...
Whether he stands to gain either out of PAD is debatable-because as an actor, Hefner makes a pretty good magazine publisher. He stands there woodenly in his tux and clipped-on bow tie, clutching a blonde model who is dressed in a yellow piece of chiffon stuck together with three safety pins. The model also acts a little camera-shy, probably because she has no bra on. "Good evening," huffs Hef. "I'm Hugh Hefner. Welcome to the party." On one typical show the two comic acts were Shari Lewis, a ventriloquist who looks like a Playboy bunny...