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...interviewed Akeem Olajuwon, the Houston Rockets center, who was in town to be a judge at a slam-dunk contest. He sat on a bench. I kneeled at his feet, scribbling in my notebook...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Summer in Richmond Shaded in Gray | 9/16/1988 | See Source »

...have bedeviled Reagan's second term. In the process, it also cleared the way for the upcoming trials of the Iran- contra Four: Oliver North, John Poindexter, Richard Secord and Albert Hakim. Says Michigan Democratic Senator Carl Levin, who sponsored the independent- counsel legislation: "It's a slam-dunk decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Slam-Dunk Decision | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

...distantly through the screen as if through a window, has to be matched to a targeting figure projected on the screen's surface, then moved, by minute adjustments in the plane's trajectory, to a bull's-eye pilots call the death dot. In effect, Anderson hopes to slam-dunk a basketball while racing by the hoop at 600 m.p.h...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Nevada: A Rodeo for Throttle Jockeys | 3/21/1988 | See Source »

After the Crimson led by eight, 87-79, withthree minutes remaining, the Bruin rally beganwith a ferocious dunk by Marcus Thompson,beginning a 12-4 run to end the game...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Brown Upsets Men Cagers, 103-101 | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

However, Harvard then ran off 13 of the next 15 points, including five layups. Off a fast break, Tri-Captain Kyle Dodson (nine points, eight rebounds) took a pass from Gielen, and scored on an aborted dunk attempt...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Men Cagers Bring Down Vermont, 91-76 | 12/9/1987 | See Source »

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