Word: limiters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prime, it was common among some professional basketball people to joke about the Carolina program and to zing Dean Smith for, it was presumed, suppressing the greatness of Jordan's game during his college years. But the reverse was true. It has become obvious that Smith did not limit Jordan's game, but instead made it what it is. Smith and his assistants knew from the first time they saw Jordan that the great physical ability and the hunger for the game were a given, and so Smith set out in the three years he coached...
...none of those pressures seem to be getting the talks on track. "It's not even one or two sticking points, says Szczesny. "It's everything. They both consider themselves already pushed to the limit. And that doesn't leave much room for compromise...
...becoming a member of the nuclear club, India has through its own actions put itself under obligation to limit the spread of nuclear weapons. It can now lead from a position of strength inside the club and persuade other members to save the planet from a nuclear holocaust. India can initiate the disarmament process by destroying some of its nuclear arsenal in the presence of other members of the club. This could galvanize world public opinion for total elimination of atomic weapons. SUDHANGSHU B. KARMAKAR Piscataway...
...Sports are really a great way to push yourself not only to find your physical limit but also to work together with other people, to push yourself to reach new levels," she says, noting that her brother, a professional basketball player in Israel, has been an inspiration...
...could have guessed when the Crimson kicked off its 1997 campaign that, at year's end, it would take the best team in the history of women's college soccer to the limit in the NCAA Quarterfinals. Yes, Harvard came into the season as the two-time defending Ivy League champions--having only graduated two players--but two-time First Team All-American and Ivy Player of the Year Emily Stauffer was taking the fall semester off after donating bone marrow to her brother, who was suffering from leukemia...