Word: gardner
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...Gardner, who was not expected to be in medal contention, beat a three-time Olympic champion who had never lost in international competition, who had not given up as much as a single point in 10 years, a man so intimidating that his last two opponents for a medal in Barcelona rolled over and pinned themselves instead of being pulped by the great Russian...
...cold war is that beating the Russians has lost its meaning. If this were 1968 and an oversize farm boy from Afton, Wyo., beat Alexander Karelin, a giant 286-lb. Russian Greco-Roman wrestler who hadn't lost a match in 13 years, then Rulon Gardner would have his own Wheaties...
Under similar pressure with less than a minute remaining in the first half, Zacarian was forced to make another spectacular save on a tipped shot from senior Cara Gardner, the 1999 Ivy League Rookie of the Year...
...They note that his matches have got closer of late, with the Russian winning by 1-0 and 2-0 scores. "I truly think he's beatable," says Steve Fraser, national coach of the U.S. Greco-Roman team and a light-heavyweight gold medalist in 1984. Fraser says Rulon Gardner, America's No. 1 super heavyweight, will try to outwork Karelin and exhaust him on his feet. (Ghaffari is an alternate...
...Fitzsimmons says that the admissions office recognizes many more "types" of intelligence than Conant did. Referring to the work of Professor of Education Howard E. Gardner '65, Fitzsimmons says officers take into account intelligence in the form of artistic ability, musical skill, athletic prowess, moral reasoning and inter-personal skills when making admissions decisions...