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Word: auer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...meter diving competition, the East German judge on a panel of seven generously gave the D.D.R. entrants the top three scores. Other judges saw matters differently, and the East German girls finished third, ninth and tenth in the finals. In the prone small-bore-rifle competition, Victor Auer of the U.S. appeared to have outpointed North Korea's Ho Jun Li, 598-595, despite raucous heckling by Li's countrymen, who steadfastly ignored the officials' reprimands. When the shooting stopped, the Koreans demanded an examination of the target. Two hours later the judges reversed the computer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Schande! Schande! Schande! | 9/11/1972 | See Source »

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