Word: medalling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...just won the bronze medal in a Krugerrand-throwing contest...
...with ease). He lunched with old agency colleagues, who gave him a long, standing ovation and, over his protests, passed around a pot for money to help him pay his fine. He seemed to be wryly accepting the next chapter of a spy's life. Instead of a medal for brilliant, selfless service, he was convicted of a misdemeanor...
...Graves stroked the U.S. women's eight to a silver medal in the World Games; in '76, she rowed sixth seat for the U.S. women's Olympic eight, the boat that won a bronze medal...
Each race will be filled to capacity, with 40 boats entered in every event. One of the day's best contests should come in the women's singles, where Liz Hills and Lisa Hanson, the women that teamed together to win a bronze medal in the doubles of the 1977 World Games, will oppose each other. Coach Graves will also row in that event...
...himself is no zealot, nor is he especially religious. But his father Aaron won a Medal of Honor in the Battle of the Wilderness, and young Seth is passionately idealistic about the U.S. The Jewish virtues (as he sees them) of intelligence, industry and warmth are precisely those of the American character, Seth feels. The anti-Semitism that persists is a dwindling residue from the Old World, and what is important is that Jews can take their part in U.S. society with out apology or fearfulness...