Word: jager
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this big, likable man was blazing to a close. He is a social fellow in a loner's sport, and the relays have given him the comradeship he needs. As swimming wound down, he anchored the U.S. 4 X 100 free relay team (Chris Jacobs, Troy Dalbey and Tom Jager were the other members) in an event the U.S. has not lost in modern times. That kind of dominance can't last, but it did not end in Seoul; solid splits by the first three swimmers and another spectacular anchor leg by Biondi gave the U.S. its second relay world...
...officials have warned that if blacks are issued blasting certificates there will be a repeat of the 1922 "red revolt," when mineworker riots forced then Prime Minister Jan Smuts to declare martial law. At the annual meeting of the union's general council, Mineworkers' President Cor de Jager denounced the government commission's recommendation that skilled jobs be opened to all races. Said he: "For the sake of the money bosses and the blacks, the white workers are to be placed on an altar for sacrifice...