Word: lifter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think not. I don't think that any committee member has ever considered the fact that the Olympic spectacle includes little of the human voice beyond an occasional grunt by a weight lifter. I don't think that anyone has speculated on the multicultural impact of allowing one team to say "chaddo-guddo" while the other says "techib." No, I think kabaddi was simply not believed...
Blockbusters these days are elaborately crafted efforts in giving the public what Hollywood thinks it wants--more of the same. "Eraser," in this sense, succeeds admirably, featuring the sure-fire combination of a pleasantly sinister premise, guns galore and the endearing former weight-lifter whose punchy one-liners have touched the hearts of millions. Unfortunately, although sure of the ingredients, the makers of "Eraser" dish up something relatively subpar...
...supervisors that they voted 13 to 10 last month to ban weight lifting in the county's 1,400-inmate prison, a move they hope will ignite a nationwide campaign against the cult of prison body-building. Says Roger Quindel, a sponsor of the ban and an amateur weight lifter: "Allowing these guys to bulk up in prison is so stupid! Do we really want stronger criminals? I'd rather buy them computers and then let them do calisthenics...
...family was several cuts above the norm, which may have created an expectation in the $ young man that a better life was obtainable. His rebellion began in small ways. He started to smoke, but never once lit a cigarette in front of his stern father, a powerful weight lifter who would have disapproved. As a teenager, Abouhalima began to hang around with members of the outlawed al- Jama'a Islamiyya, or Islamic Group, which considered the blind Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman its spiritual guide...
...fertile field for biomechanics experts, who use infrared lasers, force plates, high-speed video cameras and computers to isolate the motions and moments that make a difference. Scientists have analyzed every type of athletic movement, from a diver's twist to a runner's stride, from a weight lifter's lunge to a rower's stroke...