Word: medalist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Showfolk Business Manager Neal Levin needed investors to bankroll a Chinese dim sum diner named Bao Wow in Los Angeles, he naturally turned to clients, including Olympic Gold Medalist Bruce Jenner, Singer Melissa Manchester and Satirist "Weird Al" Yankovic. The first Bao Wow in Beverly Hills was a dog with the dinner trade and closed after a year; the second, in Encino, is a noon and nighttime hit, prompting dreams of a nationwide chain. The Hard Rock Cafe, which offers young Manhattanites an eclectic menu topped with a hefty dollop of rock-'n'-roll memorabilia that includes Elvis Presley...
Joan Benoit-Samuelson, the Olympic gold medalist in the marathon who set a world record last year in the America's Marathon, was named the winner of the Sullivan award as the U.S. Amateur Athletic Union's top athlete...
...freshman at Harvard, Watson won the 10-meter competition at Senior Nationals. And this past summer he took second at the Senior Nationals, only three points behind the 1984 Olympic gold medalist on the 10-meter platform...
Since the release of the Michigan Mania Sports Quiz, a trivia game designed to test even the most rabid Wolverine fan, Michigan students have been racking their brains nonstop to discover whether Clark Burroughs (Ohio State), Dan Roberts (Michigan) or Rene Bouchard (Indiana) was the medalist in the 1985 Big Ten golf meet...
Skaters slated to perform in the November 1-3 exhibition include U.S. men's champion and world bronze medalist Brian Boitano, U.S. pairs champions Peter Oppegard and Jill Watson, and world pairs bronze medalists Judy Blumberg and Michael Seibert...