Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rejoice in some non-prime- time, though historic, performances. East German Frank-Peter Roetsch was the first ever to capture both the 10-km and 20-km biathlons, a daunting standard for future ski shooters. Even more notably, Soviet Cross-Country Skier Raisa Smetanina tied for the most decorated competitor in the history of the Winter Games as she took a bronze in the 20 km, the record ninth medal of her four- Olympiad career. Even Britons, whose team failed to win a single medal, could take pride in a new national achievement. Just 47 1/2 meters short of Matti...
Always a fierce competitor, Blair was hardly overawed by her 500-meter gold. "Looking back, I think maybe I could have got a little more out of it. I was tired the last 100 meters, but I think I got it on guts." She was exultant after crossing the finish, however, her arms held skyward and tears streaming down her face, hurrying to embrace Boyfriend and Teammate Dave Silk. For Mother Eleanor and Father Charlie, their two sons and three other daughters, it was the culmination of lifetimes spent on skates, first in Cornwall, N.Y., where Bonnie was born, then...
Since 1981, when he won his first international junior championship, the flashy Finn has piled up 1,479 World Cup points, some 400 more than the nearest competitor. At Sarajevo, he won gold in the 90 meter and silver in the 70 meter...
...anchor and the newest member of TV news's most exclusive fraternity. Although hardly a new face (at 47, he has logged 24 years in the business, the past eight anchoring at CNN), Shaw has come to personify CNN's transformation from the "Chicken Noodle Network" to a respected competitor of ABC, CBS and NBC. That status seemed to become official last December, when Shaw joined the three network anchors for a nationally televised interview with President Reagan, from the Oval Office, on the eve of Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev's visit to the U.S. Last month the anchor turned...
Vice President George Bush: Millionaire. Bush is the favored son of the Republican Party and has all the money to prove it. Consequently, he pulled off a huge media blitz against competitor Senator Robert Dole, including a half hour live talkshow. His televised attack on Dole's votes for tax increases and support for an oil import fee signal a healthy diversion from character attacks to policy criticism. His subsequent victory in New Hampshire was essential to halting Dole's post-Iowa momentum...