Word: golds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Captain A.J. Mleczko, a member of the United States gold-medal women's hockey team in 1998, was asked once again by the National Team to join it in Finland. A three-time member of the squad, Mleczko declined this year...
...Executive-produced by the all-star team of Antonio ("L.A.") Reid, Kenneth ("Babyface") Edmonds, Dallas Austin and TLC, the album is a savvy blend of bouncy pop-rap, sharp R. and B., and smooth balladry. The lyrics are playful but blunt: on Silly Ho, the group puts down gold diggers; on No Scrubs, it upbraids unambitious men. The album shows signs of artistic growth: on Unpretty, Watkins sings movingly about the way in which society's beauty myths can destroy one's self-esteem. It's a more introspective song than the trio has attempted in the past...
DIED. CURTIS CARLSON, 84, jaunty self-made billionaire; in St. Louis Park, Minn. During the Depression, Carlson borrowed $55 from his landlord to jumpstart his trading-stamp company, Gold Bond. That business, which earned him his first million by age 39, turned into Carlson Cos., parent to ventures such as TGI Friday's and Radisson Hotels...
...CHARITY WORK] --Leads team holiday-toy drive; works with Make-a-Wish Foundation and Children's Hospital of Orange County; active in Disney Gold to raise money for after-school programs...
Mayr will share the prize with John Maynard Smith of the University of Sussex, England and George C. Williams of the State University of New York. The three will split the $500,000 prize and will receive gold medals at a ceremony in Stockholm this September...