Word: lift
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Hansen, fellow co-captain Juan Enriquez and last year's captain Ethan Cruvant decided to tackle the University's bureaucratic maze, they had little hope that their request would succeed. But they made right contacts and wrote a solid proposal--the committee voted overwhelmingly to lift the club's status...
...President's speech was received as coolly as his boycott. But none of the athletes disrupted the proceedings with demonstrations, as rumor suggested they might. Almost to a person, they seemed genuinely touched by the Olympic Committee's efforts to recognize them - and to lift their spirits. Renaldo Nehemiah, 21, the splendid sprinter from Scotch Plains, N.J., spoke for most everyone when he said: "With the people's appreciation, it's not a total loss...
While Alexeyev struggles with the snatch, Rakhmanov comes out and starts to warm up. Briskly, efficiently, he snatches one weight, orders it increased, then hoists again with equal ease. Still .young enough to curl his back and lift with supple grace, he has clearly surpassed Alexeyev. The room reverberates with the boom and clang of weights being banged back to earth. Rakhmanov takes no notice...
Alexeyev tries to snatch the barbell weighing 396¾ Ibs. He hurls it up, but cannot get beneath the bar to hold it for the required one second. Down it comes with a bang. The crowd around the television drifts away. Rakhmanov's coach signals to him: "No lift." Alexeyev comes in, smiling, takes two minutes of rest and then tries again. Up and down once more. This time there is no smile when he returns. He goes to his corner, gulps a demitasse of strong black coffee, and heads out for the last time. Again he fails...
...also told that the prostitutes chalk their prices on the soles of their shoes, so they could rub off the evidence by scuffling along if the police turned up. "Ten rubles and up," my seatmate on the plane had informed me. "They sit in the parks and lift their shoes to you as you pass...