Word: bravakisâ
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Dates: during 1978-1978
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...every recalcitrant administrator, there are thousands of women like Connecticut Housewife Carolyn Bravakis???women discovering that, years after organized athletics have failed them, the world of sport can still be theirs. Until 1975, Bravakis' closest encounter with athletics was leading cheers for the high school football team. "All my life, I never did anything," she says. "The only time I went outside was to hang wash." Then her brother organized a local 10,000-meter road race, and she decided to enter. When she managed to complete only half of the course, recalls Bravakis, "I was so disgusted with myself...
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