Word: behind
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Billy Carter knew a lot about tragedy and comedy. Among many other things, his father died when he was a teenager, and his older brother's accomplishments became a terrible burden. Yet when life crowded him, as it did so often, Billy, intelligent, sensitive, shy and insecure, would hide behind the mask of the clown. Last week Billy was buried in the red Georgia earth near Plains, his beloved hometown. His friends and family -- including brother Jimmy, the former President -- were there. They knew, if the rest of the world did not, what they had lost...
...around the edges, where life is lived most colorfully. TV intensifies some moments by ignoring others. In the first heat of the 3,000-meter steeplechase last week, Davendra Singh of Fiji was quickly out of the picture. Quite literally. Within a few laps, Singh was already so far behind the pack that the camera didn't even follow him. Yet still he kept on going. One could imagine the view from his end: the dispiriting sight of distant bodies receding as he tried to catch them, then the even more desolating sight of nothing but open track. That...
...every night; another, an overweight high school history teacher, endures hissing disdain from the audience--all for the sake of his family, his students and comedy. Romeo (Mark Rydell), the self-concerned club manager, tries to prod and cajole his comics to the top. These characters are left behind as Steven and Lilah rise closer to success, and we feel their disappointment and their dogged perseverance...
Captain Cindy Green led the way, finishing in first place in her jumping class and second in the intermediate equitation on the flat. Green, who has been the force behind the Crimson equestrian team, was riding for the first time in the intermediate class...
...emergence of China and South Korea as athletic powers mirrors their rise as international powers. All you had to do to glimpse South Korea's changed status was take a peak behind Bryant Gumbel on NBC. Seoul is as modern as New York...