Word: cleaning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...another press conference last week, after weightlifter Zhan Xugang of China won the 154-lb. gold medal, his coach, Yang Han Xiong, was asked why Zhan added more weight to the bar in the clean and jerk (bringing it up to a world record 430 lbs.) even after he had clinched the gold medal at 424 lbs. "The Olympic spirit is faster, higher, stronger," said Yang. "So we tried...
...Brien the chance to make a clean break with the past imperfect begins next week in Atlanta on July 31, the first of the decathlon's grueling two days. It is an irony of Olympic fever that one can be, like O'Brien, a three-time world champion and the world record holder in an event and yet, minus that gold, still be only an athlete-in-waiting. But while it is unwise to be too cocksure, O'Brien, who turned 30 last week, is primed. He not only expects the gold but says, "I want to do it right...
BRETT FAVRE 1995's MVP returns to the Packers clean and sober, with "Super Bowl or bust" fever...
...noises. But while you can blame your cousin's drool-filled narration on his still-burgeoning neurons, it would take quite a bit more to excuse the hundreds of people who doubtlessly contributed to the perpetration of this movie. If "Independence Day" showed us how to make good, clean, mindless fun, "The Frighteners" reminds us how to spend millions and insult the intelligence of millions without entertaining anyone...
...Spain seems the more sane country. For instance, why are Americans obsessed with getting drunk--something that is considered unpleasant and unhip in Spain? Why are there so many restrictive laws and so many lawsuits in America? And why are Americans such slobs, while Spaniards make their beds and clean their plates every...