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Word: discuses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...skinny, resourceful farm kid in Missouri, Mulkey used the head of a post maul as a shot put, a plow disk as a discus, a pitchfork handle as a javelin. He cut a bamboo tree into a pole and vaulted onto the garage. That was the beginning of a career that took him to the 1960 Olympics in Rome. Going into the finals in the decathlon, he needed only to clear his usual height of 14 ft. 10 in., in the pole vault to win a bronze medal. But he pulled a groin muscle and had to withdraw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In The Long Run | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

...during. "The adrenaline gets going, and how can you combine that with cordiality?" he asks. "I'm the worst guy out there." Or perhaps the best. Since 1989, he has won 15 gold medals and has set 14 national Senior Games records in pole vault, high jump, long jump, discus and shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In The Long Run | 9/27/1999 | See Source »

Sophomores Caroline Johnston and Mary Unsworth were unable to advance. Johnston threw the discus and Unsworth ran the 1500m...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gyorffy, Taylor Qualify for Nationals | 5/26/1999 | See Source »

Sophomores Caroline Johnston and Mary Unsworth were unable to advance. Johnston threw the discus and Unsworth ran the 1500m...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Gyorffy, Taylor Qualify For Track Nationals | 5/26/1999 | See Source »

Senior Caroline Johnston finished fifth in the discus. She was seeded No. 1 entering the meet...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M., W. Individual Stars Impress at Tufts, St. John's | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

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