Word: dashes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Canada, you've already lost one revered athlete in Wayne Gretzky, and your must now share the shame of your Olympic star surrendering his gold medal in the 100-meter dash, a world record accomplishment tarnished because of steroids. All your efforts to sponsor your athlete seem worthless. You have a right to be dismayed...
...stripped you of your gold medal in the 100-meter dash. Now we are stripping away your soul...
Opposing coaches were impressed with Hinz's stats and his clutch performances a year ago. They rave even more about his combination of size and speed. At 6-ft., 1-in., 205-lbs., he is bigger than most Ivy League fullbacks. Yet his 4.4 speed in the 40-yard dash makes him almost as fast as some of the big-game deer he hunted in Montana...
...arrogant sexual thrust, like Jimmy Cagney." The ex- janitor can be pathetic too: "I picture him as a wiry, scrawny Lee Oswald with a push broom, peeking into girls' lockers when no one's looking." But the Nightmare films are more than a Freddy phenomenon. With sharp humor, a dash of B-movie style and the eerie simplicity of a child's counting rhyme, they tap profound adolescent fears, then exorcise them. It's catharsis on the cheap...
There is no shortage of things for Carl Lewis to think about. The sprinter and long jumper who racked up four golds in Los Angeles will certainly compete again in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter, the long jump and the 4 X 100- meter relay. Then there is the competition: Ben Johnson, the Jamaican turned ) Canadian speedster, has taken a little wind out of Lewis' sleek sails, winning their last five matchups in the 100, including a historic race in Rome in which he set the current world record of 9.83 sec. And finally, there...