Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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David George won the Most Frustrated Player Award when he fell to his Princeton opponent in overtime by one point and to a Yale competitor in an agonizing 2-1 bout...
...sings and dances Isn't It Romantic? in an amateur-night competition. Since the attempt to cope with it and finish his number is both hilarious and heartwarming, Bert wins the contest. Next he is hired by the show's corrupt promoter to tour as a perpetual competitor, getting paid only if he beats the authentic contestants. This he can do only by faking the bloody nose night after night...
Trotman hopes to sail into the 1992 Olympics behind a fine sailing record and a will to win that made sailing Captain Paul O'Connor describe her as "such a tough competitor...
...partner is a seductive newcomer to town, captivatingly played by film star Jean-Marc Barr (The Big Blue). Redgrave's competitor for the young man's attentions is the dizzy belle (Julie Covington). All three are compelling. Redgrave, her heartbreaking vulnerability ever mingled with steely determination, reinforces her reputation as perhaps the greatest actress in the English-speaking world. Williams said that the theme of all his plays is how society destroys the sensitive nonconformist. In Hall's gifted hands, that destruction becomes unforgettable...
...Yorker Diary. The ad promises that its "50 all-time classic" cartoons will "start each day with a smile." But such an enforced daily dose of risibility struck me as being a little like wearing a lampshade at a party while completely sober. Esquire is another competitor in this smile-button sweepstakes. Its diary boasts cartoons and ads drawn from the magazine's issues of 1939. Not, however, exactly the world's most fun year. Somehow the memory of Nazi troops pouring into Poland might mar my enjoyment of next Sept. 1. Others might be attracted by the international status...