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Word: criers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...answer were easy, Themistocles, when asked whether he would prefer to have been Achilles or Homer, replied: "Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic Games or the crier that proclaims who are the conquerors?" A navy man, Themistocles saw no honor in being out of things. He would not have understood the U.S. role of spectator to this year's Olympic Games, or how a country whose national pride has so often been hoisted in those Games could settle for the bleachers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Games: Winning Without Medals | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

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