Word: beate
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were going to do it all for Tammy tonight," freshman Karun Grossman said. "And nothing was going to stop us--all the way down the line, whomever Kathy put it in. We were just going to take it right at them and beat them for Tammy...
...Harding, changed the sport dramatically. TV suddenly woke up to skating's telegenic grace, and the number of staged competitions-produced primarily for TV and lacking the strict rules that have governed amateur meets in the past-has multiplied. As a result, young skating stars today must not only beat back competition from the amateur ranks. They must also confront a new kind of rival: the pro skater. The stars who emerged from the past two Olympics have not faded into the half-life of touring ice shows. Instead, they are right there on the TV screen...
...With a no-nonsense, arrowy skating style, Eldredge is intensely competitive, drilling hard all the time. At the nationals he performed to a Civil War medley that worked well when he was marching up and down the ice. But when it came to interpreting Dixie to a very slow beat, his lack of musicality was all too apparent...
...going to end up in the private sector,'' he vows. ``At some point, I'm out of this.'') His first job after graduating from college in 1974 was as an aide in the state senate, and within four years he had won a seat there. In 1982 he beat a weak incumbent in eastern Columbus and entered Congress--the only Republican to beat a Democrat that recession-racked year...
...becoming the most unpopular member of the House. Then again, says G.O.P. consultant Paul Wilson, ``he doesn't really care who likes him. He'll take on anybody. He's like the kid from the neighborhood who picks a fight to show the bigger boys he can beat 'em.'' Kasich insists that his first month as chairman has made him a bit wiser. ``I've learned a lot about people,'' he said. ``I've learned that you have to slow down a bit and that you have to take an extra breath.'' And then take out the knives...