Word: bjorn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Saying "I hardly could miss the ball," Edberg for once displayed the serenity and not just the stoicism of the five-time champion Bjorn Borg. "All of us in Sweden grew up watching Borg in the finals of Wimbledon. Now I've won Wimbledon too. It's quite fun actually." Asked if it might change him, he responded, "It hasn't yet." (At least half an hour had gone by.) In other words, he would be maintaining his English residence in Chelsea? "No, Kensington." And not be moving to Monte Carlo, nearer the night life and farther from the taxmen...
...musical-theater world all the time." Since the breakup, Rice has had a modest London hit with his Plantagenet saga Blondel and a major triumph in Chess, a cynical look at a championship chess match between a Soviet and an American that boasts a brilliant score by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, two members of the rock group ABBA. It is scheduled for a Broadway opening in April. In 1986 he reunited briefly with his former partner on a 30-minute private entertainment called Cricket for Queen Elizabeth's 60th birthday...
After making such a promising start in the U.S., IKEA is hoping to expand across the country. Says an excited Bjorn Bayley, president of IKEA's North American operations: "What will really be fun is when we get to places like Minnesota. They still speak Swedish there...
...best," says Austrian. "She's the greatest inspirator, she's got the best attitude, and she sets the best example for the team. The first week of the year I was asked to write down who my inspirations in sports are. I put down Bjorn Borg, Larry Bird and The Machine...
...students, Bjorn M. Poonen '89 and team member Douglas S. Jungreis '86, were among the five highest finishers in the competition. They were named Putnam Fellows and will receive awards of $500, according...