Word: badness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...disappointed with Carl Lewis. He reached that distance on his first jump, fouled on the second and folded the rest. If it was more than a foot less than he could have done, it was almost a foot more than he had to do. Stopping was good track and bad theater: some of the $60 customers, not including Bob Beamon, booed. "My friend lives," murmured Beamon, referring to a 29-ft. 2½-in. companion of his, a record now 16 years...
...ahead of the West German, and good enough to have placed fifth in the regular competition. The shotput should have been an event in which Hingsen trimmed Thompson's lead. Hingsen heaved his blue shot (color-coordinated with the German uniform) 52 ft. ¾ in. Not bad; better than Thompson's best, though not quite up to Hingsen's. Then Thompson, in his first try, launched the shot 51 ft. 7 in., a new personal record, and sported an "aw shucks" grin to go with it. In the high jump, Hingsen did what...
Vargas-Llosa is successful in recreating for the reader both the small, desolate towns of the Seriao and the people who live in them. From the oligarchs of the coast to the poorest beggars of the interior all are portrayed skillfully. First we meet a collection of bad guys right out of The Magnificent Seven, who have given up their lives of pillage and rape to serve the Counselor. Then there are misfits of another sort, the town cripples and carnival freaks who are likewise "touched by the angel's wing" of the Counselor. Arrayed against this band...
...Party line is that House never has much to say that isn't positive about a player, and in the case, at least, the party line is entirely correct. Everyone muddled around him, scribbling, and the leaned back in his chair. Bad light in , first offering his thoughts on the evening's activity and then responding to questions. I noted only his words of praise for Barrett's game-ending play. I soon tired of Houk and eager to see the Red Sox themselves, stepped into the locker room...
Chebrikov: You mean Mr. T. sir Not him, luckily for us. But this is almost as bad. The chief of our east coast disinformation campaign. William F. Buckley has gone off, as they say in America, "the deep...