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...leader of the new class, Ray began her steady ascent to the top of women's gymnastics as the history-making 1996 troupe retired one by one. At last year's world championships, the U.S. team finished a disappointing sixth, but Ray stood out as the highest-placed American gymnast in the individual all-round competition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Older New Guard | 9/4/2000 | See Source »

...soon proved herself worthy of the intense competition and risky skills at the elite level. A self-professed perfectionist, she exudes a graceful, dancelike quality on the floor, with a toe point that ballerinas would envy. Ray performs one of the most difficult programs of any female gymnast, which should place her shoulder to shoulder with the favored Russians and Romanians in Sydney. Already, she has a signature move, a gasp-inducing uneven-bars maneuver in which she flies off the high bar, twists 360[degrees] in the air like a diver heading for the water, grabs the bar, swings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Older New Guard | 9/4/2000 | See Source »

...particular, seniors remember pixie-like gymnast Mary Lou Retton...

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Songs of Innocence: Cultural Memories that First-years Just Can't Remember | 9/24/1999 | See Source »

...Doubt's new song "New" is a rollicking good time, despite Gwen Stefani's continuing efforts to be a vocal gymnast (she's not). The real find is "Steal My Sunshine" by Len, a giggly retro-effort that demands rewind after rewind (remember I don't listen...

Author: By By SOMAN Chainani, | Title: Album Review: Go (Soundtrack) by Various Artists | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

...Doubt's new song "New" is a rollicking good time, despite Gwen Stefani's continuing efforts to be a vocal gymnast (she's not). The real find is "Steal My Sunshine" by Len, a giggly retro-effort that demands rewind after rewind (remember I don't listen...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, | Title: Various Artistes Go (Soundtrack) Sony | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

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