Word: elements
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...preparation for Barcelona, German hammer thrower Heinz Weis, with his trainer and a biomechanist, have been poring over video data on Yuri Sedykh, the Soviet thrower who set a world record in 1986 that still stands. One element of Sedykh's success, they believe, was his ability to generate maximum power by keeping both feet on the ground as long as possible during the three or four preparatory spins. Scientists at the U.S. aquatic center, working with swimming coaches, have suggested changes to American backstroker Janie Wagstaff and freestyler Matt Biondi in their underwater pulling patterns. Biondi was urged...
...months, as he has pandered to Jewish voters, Clinton's logic has been tortured. He has routinely praised Bush and Baker for "getting the peace talks started," but he has just as regularly shot at the Administration for its loan guarantee stance, which was the key element in getting the players to the table in the first place. "It ain't complicated," concedes a Clinton aide. "We needed Jewish votes in the primaries. We played it one step at a time, and we can't waffle now. We're stuck. We can only hope there's enough residual bitterness about...
Maybe. All sporting contests before they are played contain an element that Princeton basketball coach Pete Carril calls "glorious uncertainty." Anything can happen, as Carril's teams have proved season after remarkable season against superior opposition. But not this superior. "This is not a great team," says Carril. "This is the greatest team ever." Don Nelson, the + shrewd and artful coach of the Golden State Warriors, whose son Donn is helping to coach Marciulionis and the Lithuanians, agrees. "The once-in-a- lifetime game is not going to happen," he says. "The Dream Team will not allow any second shots...
Named by Soviet officials as "a destructive element," Vika had been banned from Ukrainian television for years, said Yuri Shevchuk, an instructor of Ukrainian at the summer school...
...Americans should not use foreign dollars as am investment crutch that allows them to consume more and invest less. This is precisely what happened during the Reagan years, and Clinton wants to fix it. But the answer cannot be to punish foreign investors. Instead, we should concentrate on another element of the Clinton plan: providing tax credits for Americans to invest in U.S. companies...