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...Leary was a member of the U.S. Olympic rowing team that was gearing up for a medal attempt in Moscow. After tasting Olympic competition in 1976, she was eager for another opportunity. With shock and disbelief, the rowers learned of President Jimmy Carter’s decision to boycott the Games as protest against the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. Endeavors to persuade political officials not to punish the athletes proved useless—the closest O’Leary came to the 1980 Olympics was a satellite feed of the races underway without her boat...
...note that the amount of time spent on the water will play a critical role in the Black and White’s attempts to succeed this year. Many rowers trained extensively this summer, including junior Caryn Davies, a member of the U.S. national team, who won a gold medal last month...
...April, Southern received the National Humanities Medal. At the ceremony, President Bush praised her as “a pioneering musicologist who has helped us understand the power of African-American music...
...will be honored on Saturday at the Smithsonian Castle in Washington D.C. with $25,000 and a specially-designed Smithsonian medal...
When you’re young, it’s natural to fantasize about being someone else. As a teensy girl, I stared at Mary Lou Retton flipping across our television screen during the Olympics and aspired to one day segue from Tumblebees class to gold-medal glory. I also danced through our family room to Bonnie Tyler and plotted to someday join her band...