Word: establishing
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...bill moved up and down the field with both teams running and tackling hard for the next 20 minutes but neither was able to establish a great advantage and the crowd was beginning to grumble about the lack of scoring. Then forward Dale Mitchell beat an Iraqi defender, pushed the ball deep into the right corner and chipped a perfect pass to Mike Sweeny on the other side...
Heroes must be part of the answer. There are those like Jordan, Mary Decker, Carl Lewis who enter the Olympics with greatness already thrust upon them; one will test their performances against their reputations. Better still, sudden heroes always seem to emerge and establish themselves, often in sports one has dismissed as boring or has paid no attention to before. Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci created gymnastics for most Americans, not because Americans never heard of gymnastics, but because they had not seen the sport performed by virtuosos. A subtle surprise of the Olympics is how individuals can transform...
What he does is so simple, and how he does it so complicated, that Carl Lewis is a basic mystery. How fast he runs, how far he jumps, may serve to establish the precise lengths to which men can go. Gentler than a superman, more delicate than the common perception of a strong man, Lewis is physically the most advanced human being in the world, and about to become the most famous global sports figure since Muhammad...
...prior commitment to a team in France, his replacement is just as capable Number one, Albert Rust, led the team through the Olympic qualifying rounds. In six games he allowed only three goals, giving his team the edge it needed to move through the tournament undefeated and establish itself as one of the early favorites to bring home the gold...
...refugees, thus not eligible for justified asylum. However, the House of Representatives last week passed the Simpson-Mazzoli immigration bill, which would offer amnesty to aliens who have lived continuously in the U.S. prior to Jan. 1, 1982. This bill must be reconciled with the Senate version, which would establish a date several years earlier. According to John Fife, a leader in the sanctuary movement, this legislation would single out those people who do not qualify under the new guidelines - and also those who offer them shelter. "The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service," he believes, will "become much more punitive...