Word: agee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prefer the more cynical explanation: demand for "family values" rises as the family, in reality, declines. With divorce routine, when 60% of America's children will live with a single parent before age 18, with inner-city families entirely shattered, our politicians are called upon to provide symbolic denial of facts they cannot change...
...borough of Massachusetts, where a congressional seat may be thoughtfully lent out until a Kennedy is old enough to claim it. ("When Jack became President," writes Tip O'Neill, "his Senate seat was kept warm by Ben Smith, Jack's old Harvard roommate" until "Teddy turned thirty," the minimum age for a Senator.) Nepotism has become so ingrained in American politics that it is no longer recognized as a vice...
Whatever the outcome, some of the Games' most glorious moments will occur high above the water. During their training, which often begins at age ten, Chinese divers spend as much time practicing acrobatics in the gymnasium as they do dives into the pool. The result will be an aerial aria in Seoul...
Women swimmers usually peak at age 15 to 17, and the East Germans are nearly geriatric by that standard. One of the squad's golden oldies, Kristin Otto, 22, is still a formidable all-around sprinter. But in order to take the gold in the 100-meter freestyle event, she may have to better her world-record 54.73-second time, which has stood, amazingly, since 1986. Says Otto: "I know I haven't reached my limits...
Middle-Distance Freestyler Heike Friedrich, 18, who learned to swim at age three and has competed since she was ten, will probably be matched in the 400 meter by Janet Evans, 17. And venerable Breaststroker Silke Horner, 23, may lose her Olympic dominance to Canada's powerful Allison Higson, 15. Predicts Friedrich: "Records will wobble in Seoul." The question is: Will the G.D.R. wobble...