Word: loses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Whenever Shaquille O'Neal, Scottie Pippen, John Stockton and Co. play, it will look like the Harlem Globetrotters vs. the Washington Generals. There is no way that this N.B.A. All-Star team will lose a game or even a night's sleep. The battle for the silver will also feature N.B.A. stars: Vlade Divac of Yugoslavia, Arvydis Sabonis of Lithuania and Toni Kukoc of Croatia...
...refreshing, unlike so many world-class gymnasts, who sound as if they've spent too many hours in airless gyms inhaling chalk powder and practicing the mantra "I just want to do the best I can," Moceanu is forthright. She admits she wants to win--but is prepared to lose. "That's what makes you stronger," she says. "The hard times...
...launch, shouting out a steady stream of corrections, interrupted by the occasional, "Ja, that was good," they hardly dare look at him. Every so often, Buschbacher lets his tough-guy mask slip and acknowledges that his team is the best, the strongest, that the race is theirs to lose. But if he doesn't push them, he believes, no one will. One day, as the Eight begin oaring down the river, he buzzes alongside them like a particularly persistent gnat, detailing the flaws in each woman's stroke, moving from bow to stern. When he is finished, he says, "That...
...minutes a day, prayed for five and recited Chopra's 10 Keys to Happiness. He showed up at every Chopra speaking engagement within a 200-mile radius. Once Chopra joshed, "What are you doing here? You've heard all this before!" Fuerst didn't care. He had nothing to lose...
...were almost certainly part of a power struggle, as Korzhakov is embroiled in a feud with Anatoly Chubais, a reformist economist currently running Yeltsin's campaign. "Korzhakov and his allies were waging a campaign to postpone the elections," says TIME's Sally Donnelly. "They are scared that they'd lose their jobs and power if Yeltsin lost the presidency. Korzhakov and company were probably trying to dirty Chubais and the election campaign in Yeltsin's eyes, but they went too far. After the arrests caused a stir, both Alexander Lebed (Yeltsin's new national security advisor) and Chubais overwhelmingly convinced...