Word: contendere
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Charm carried the original Rocky and, to a lesser extent, Rocky II. As Rocky Balboa, Stallone created an American hero: raised in the inner-city, coached by the owner of a run-down gym, Balboa appeared hopeless in his quest for the heavyweight boxing championship. Although he ultimately failed to...
The latest leading contender among basing schemes is "Dense Pack." The idea is to build, say, 200 underground silos on several 20-sq.-mi. parcels of military land. Since only 20 missiles would be allotted to each 200-silo cluster, scores of empty silos would harmlessly draw Soviet warheads. One...
Columbia is currently batting a collective 300-plus, but mediocre pitching (team ERA: 5.78) will probably render them only a .500 team this year. Lack of depth and power will also hurt the Lions. If the hitting continues (they are averaging eight runs a game), though, Columbia could be a...
Brezhnev may well survive his latest illness just as he prevailed over the ailments that periodically weakened him during the past decade. Still, tension within the Kremlin may mount as contenders for power vie for position. Apparently out of the running is Andrei Kirilenko, 75, a onetime favorite who has...
"They all looked a little confused out there." Coach Carole Kleinfelder said of her charges after the game. "The upperclassmen are going to have to rise to the occasion. If we're going to be a contender, we're going to have to have Mo and Frannic lead by example...