Word: lifter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nixon Administration and an outspoken foe of the Viet Nam War, now seems intent on restoring Congress's position vis-a-vis the Executive. He insists that reform is inescapable. Criticized for his methods, Mansfield once replied: "I am what I am, and no title, political face lifter or image maker can alter...
...eleventh victim, Weight Lifter David Berger, was a U.S. citizen who had moved to Israel last year. A U.S.A.F. C-141A StarLifter was dispatched to bring his body home hurriedly for burial in Cleveland before the Sabbath, as required by Orthodox...
DAVID BERGER, 28, a weight lifter -from Shaker Heights, Ohio, had set tied in Israel in 1971. Berger, who held dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship, was a law graduate of Columbia University. He had postponed beginning his law practice while he trained for the Olympics. After Munich, Berger intended to marry and enter the Israeli army. His parents. Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Berger, learned of his death while watching the Games on TV in Shaker Heights. All Ohio state flags were at half-staff last week in his memory...
...FRIEDMAN, 28, a bantam weight lifter, was Israel's best hope for a medal. A physical education teacher in a Haifa suburb and a bachelor, Friedman came to Israel in 1960 from Poland...
...neck down." Taylor won the match, of course, but he lost much of his meanness. If he gets it back before Munich, he might trouble the only wrestler ever to have whipped him: 280-lb. World Champion Alexander Medved of Russia. Another Soviet giant is 330-lb. Weight Lifter Vasily Ivanovich Alexeyev. Agile enough to play volleyball, easygoing Alexeyev has set 54 world records in the super-heavyweight division since March 1970 and is clearly the class of his field...