Word: competitors
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...blonde who never travels without her lucky Snoopy button and a large supply of peanut butter, does not miss the social life that is ruled out by her training regimen. Says she: "There are lots of boys in the training group too, you know." Dianne Holum, a fiercely dedicated competitor who worked as a waitress last year to help finance a three-month training stint in The Netherlands, adds: "I don't mind the sacrifices. An Olympic gold medal is a life's ambition come true." Even so, the demands are such that many young skaters have...
McCurdy feels the key Harvard competitor is Bob Clayton, who will be running in the 600 and 1000 yard runs, and the two-mile relay. Like many of his teammates. Clayton was plagued with bad luck and illness early in the season. In the 600, he will have to go it virtually alone as Nick Leone continues to suffer at the sidelines with an ankle injury...
...period that fascinates Americans: the Russian Revolution. Almost everyone west of Berlin shares various illusions about the nature of the Russian people, if only because Russia has always deliberately shielded itself from foreign scrutiny. The average American is eager to view the origins of the United States' chief competitor in the world (witness the popularity of Dr. Zhivago). In addition, the film has been well cast and no effort has been spared in making it as visually authentic (and lavish) as possible...
Lambretta's Italian competitor, the Vespa, has also been hurt by the auto. But Vespas will continue to be produced at home, leaving the Italian people at least a whisper of a past...
...with highly cultivated tastes who enjoy the experience of reading and thinking and who take the world seriously without being solemn about it." This sounds suspiciously like the same audience that Cousins has always aimed at. If he does deliver a new offspring, it will likely be a direct competitor of Saturday Review...