Word: heighted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That alpine height is usually the starting place in any attempt to sketch Crichton, for it is what flattens everyone upon first meeting him. "I found myself climbing up on things without even knowing it just to talk to him," says Kathleen Kennedy, who produced the movie Jurassic Park, as well as this summer's Congo, based on a 1980 Crichton novel. "It's a bit disconcerting when you realize you're tilting your head completely back just to get a glimpse...
...altitude defined him early, set him apart, just as his protean interests, multimedia successes and towering earnings would put him in rarefied air later on. A source of humiliation in cruel, skinny youth, his height was put in perspective later on, when he met, and was thrown into the shade by, 7-ft. 2-in. Wilt Chamberlain. "I had to admit," he said, "that part of me is proud of what makes me different...
...National Gymnastics Championships in New Orleans' Superdome were sturdy, poised high-school graduates. Three were veterans of Olympic competition, Shannon Miller, 18, who placed second in the all-around competition; Dominique Dawes, 18, who came in fourth; and Kerri Strug, 17, who finished fifth. The intervening years have added height and weight to their frames and a maturity to their faces that lent new elegance and expressiveness to their performances. The only Lilliputian in the 38-woman field was 4 ft.-5 in., 70-lb. Dominique Moceanu, who finished first by .200 of a point. And even...
This year, in a departure from past practice, the competitors' height and weight are not listed in press releases, and several coaches took pains to note to reporters that they have no scales in their gyms. "We didn't like the stigma that we were driving people out of the sport," admits Kathy Kelly, women's program director for USA Gymnastics. "We're making an effort to respect the athletes." That put out of bounds questions about the effects of widening hips and budding breasts, though the more womanly shapes were evident in the scanty leotards worn by the competitors...
...filed by the Justice Department in 1973, a federal court found entrenched discrimination and ordered United to "make up for lost time" by hiring blacks at twice the percentage of applicants who are black. In other important lawsuits, American Airlines was forced to drop a 5-ft. 6-in. height requirement-which put female applicants at a disadvantage--and USAir agreed to eliminate hiring preferences for the relatives and friends of employees--since the employees were overwhelmingly white...