Word: countryman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...essentially Friel's lack of self-consequence that makes her so appealingly distinct from other British actresses--and many American ones too. "Anna doesn't have stage-school technique," notes her countryman Patrick Marber, writer and director of Closer. "She's very natural and all from the heart...
Enjoying himself, Felici went on "...Cardinalem Woj-ty-la." The crowd froze. "Chi e?"--Who's he?--Italians asked one another. Possibly an African!? Japanese tourists thought it might be a countryman. An Italian TV announcer uncertainly said, "Polacco" (the Pole), and many viewers thought he had said "Poletti," the name of Rome's vicar general...
...pixie of a man, Galliano took over the house of Givenchy last year but has already moved on to preside over Christian Dior, considered--along with Chanel--the most important French fashion empire. McQueen, an East Ender previously unknown outside the trendier London precincts, was named to succeed his countryman at Givenchy...
MIDDLE AND LONG DISTANCES Above 400 meters, Africans take over. Maria Mutola of Mozambique is expected to dominate the women's 800, and possibly the 1,500, where she'll face defending champion Hassiba Boulmerka of Algeria. Boulmerka's countryman and fellow 1,500 runner, Noureddine Morceli, may be the firmest favorite in any track event, with the possible exception of Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie, world-record holder in the 5,000 and 10,000, or Kenya's Moses Kiptanui, who owns the six fastest marks in the steeplechase. The heat and humidity will open up the marathons, although Spain...
BOSTON: Kenyan Moses Tanui won the 100th Boston Marathon with a time of 2:09:16. His upset of countryman and three-time defending champion Cosmas Ndeti gave Kenya its sixth consecutive victory. Germany's Uta Pippig followed 18 minutes and 12 seconds later with a time of 2:27:12 for her third consecutive win in the women's division. Behind early in the race, Pippig stormed back late in a rally that was the highlight of the race, says TIME's Sam Allis. "People had written off Pippig when she fell behind Kenya's Tegla Loroupe," says Allis...