Word: badly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...good and bad," Berry said. "We had some tough losses in the first round of singles competition. They could have been easily turned around in our favor. But it was a good first step, a good place to start from...
Submariner David Berkoff, the U.S. backstroker who swims the first third of his 100-meter races underwater, broke his own record in the prelims and predicted with no excessive bashfulness that it would take another world record for him to win a gold. But he got a bad start that evening in the final, faded, and in a startling upset was beaten in slow time by another submariner, Japan's Daichi Suzuki...
Eight years later, Baker is philosophical about the '80 campaign. "We've been through 30 years of good times and bad times together," says Baker of Bush, "and they've only strengthened the friendship and understanding between...
While the Soviet superiority was undisputed, there was ample grousing about the scoring among the more mediocre men's teams. The U.S., which finished eleventh of twelve, complained that its bad luck in drawing an early slot in the team competition doomed Americans to low scores. It was true that, as often happens, the scores accelerated wildly during the course of the competition, probably shorting some Americans of precious tenths of points. But even a tenth of a point here or there could not have brought the Americans into medal contention. They finished 8.75 points behind the third-finishing Japanese...
...simple graze, $168 for a black eye, $1,428 for a broken nose, $2,940 for a fractured jaw and as much as $13,440 for a serious facial scar. Said Home Office Minister John Patten: "I am anxious that the victims get a better deal." As for the bad guys, sock...