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Word: journeyer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...great thing," declared John Nash, who awoke from a quarter-century of schizophrenic debilitation to accept the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics. Nash's life, set forth in the new biography, A Beautiful Mind, by journalist Sylvia Nasar, is a miracle of resurrection. Mindful of that fragile journey, Nash pondered, "But maybe it's not such a great thing. Suppose you have an artist. He's rational. But suppose he cannot paint. He can function normally. Is it really a cure? Is it really salvation?" Consider the tragedy of Michael Laudor, who recovered but was not saved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Precarious Genius | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

They are not angry in New Zigui City, half a day's journey downriver. With its shiny new apartment buildings and broad streets, the town looks as if it has been dropped from the sky onto a hilltop above the site of the new dam. It will replace the quaint old town of Zigui, which will be inundated. And good riddance too, according to Feng Wanhu, a local teacher. "It was dirty, cramped. I lived in a house that was just 10 sq m [100 sq. ft.]. It had no bathroom, no running water, no kitchen inside... Here is much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The China Summit: The Pulse Of China | 6/29/1998 | See Source »

...favorite movie was Beaches, and he'd still be the alpha male. He has unwittingly followed the plot of a hero, suffering like Ulysses: His father, to whom he was extremely close, was murdered in a carjacking in 1993. He left the game shortly thereafter, on a journey in a minor-league bus, getting $16 in food money a day and sleeping in less than four-star hotels. With his daily-shaved head hiding a hairline creeping to Burt Reynolds' at low tide, he returned to dominate the league for another three years. At least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball: The One And Only | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

...talent and versatility are McLaughlin'sobvious assets, his heart and commitment to thegame he loves are the less highlighted, yetequally vital, traits that make Tommy Mac theincredible athlete and individual that he is. Oneneed only examine his journey from MLS draft dayto the day he signed four months later tounderstand...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: `Tommy Mac' Set for the Revolution | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

...team's younger wrestlers seem to model the passion and determination of their older counterparts. Besides his journey to Nationals, Volpe placed at the Midlands Tournament--one of the most prestigious in the nation--in the 177-pound weight class...

Author: By Jodie L. Pearl, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Snares Team, Individual Accolades | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

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