Word: colorado
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Fassi, who trained Peggy Fleming, among others: "If you stop for two or three weeks, it's grueling to get into shape again." Then comes weight training to strengthen the upper body. Finally, there are ballet or jazz classes. Scott Davis, 21, rebelled against these extra lessons until his Colorado Springs-based coach, Kathy Casey, told him to pack his bags and head back home to Montana. He surrendered, and is now a two-time U.S. gold medalist...
...training can easily cost $40,000 a year in coaching fees, costumes, skates and living expenses. The little prodigy who can already do a double flip rarely lives near one of the dozen or so shrines where the top coaches preside: either a family relocates to a place like Colorado Springs or Lakewood, Ohio, or the parents make boarding arrangements. Contrary to common perception, the sport is not patrician, at least not since World War II. Often parents must take two jobs to meet costs...
...Poll 1. Michigan (26) 21-1-1 260 2. BU 14-5-0 223 3. N. Michigan 15-6-1 180 4. HARVARD 11-3-2 168 5. Lake Sup. St. 16-7-1 160 6. UNH 15-5-1 116 7. Michigan St. 13-6-3 75 8. Colorado Coll. 14-6-2 64 9. Wisconsin 13-8-1 52 10. Northeastern...
Even if there were a gene for, say, criminal activity, what would society do about it? Gregory Carey, a behavior geneticist at the University of Colorado, points out that "we already have a true genetic marker, detectable before birth, that predicts violence." The individuals with this genotype, he says, are nine times as likely to get arrested and convicted for a violent act as people without the genes. He asks, "Do you know the high-risk marker I'm talking about? That's right: being male...
That, in a nutshell, appears to be the founding principle of the Colorado Silver Bullets, a new women's baseball team currently holding tryouts around the country. Their very existence could represent the greatest victory for gender equality since the 19th Amendment...