Word: avidly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...food treats. Dobre has a weakness for ice cream; Silivas' tastes run to schnitzel and fries. As the strict training regimen expressly forbids the distraction of boyfriends, they liven their evenings with goose-feather pillow fights and what Head Coach Adrian Goreac cheerfully calls "talk, talk, talk." They are avid readers of adventure books. Dobre, a mischief-maker who collects dolls, favors fictional heroes who "fight all obstacles to reach their aims." Silivas, a quiet and intelligent girl, prefers a stately knight who "is always winning, courageous and good mannered." When they look ahead to Seoul, the rivalry glistens through...
Elda, and the generations of European women she represents, created a powerful personal creed. She was an avid healer, a caring, soothing presence in the face of poverty and a demeaning social position. And it is her experience--the experience of the nurturing, intelligent and misunderstood woman--which Sorceress chronicles eloquently...
...next round of challenges. The top targets: exclusionary country clubs and golf courses. The famed Burning Tree Club in Bethesda, Md., for instance, does not allow women to set foot on its greens as either members or guests. For the record, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is an avid golfer...
...back, Donruss only traces a player's performance back to 1983. That's fine for Chris Bosio, Brewer's reliever, but it's unconscionable for Fred Lynn or Gary Carter (himself an avid card collector...
Delaney Smith has changed her strategy almost as much as she has changed her hairdo. An avid believer in pressure defense, she abandoned it in her first few years because of Harvard's lack of quickness...