Word: medalling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...victory was the sixth in eight meetings with the United States in Olympic play since the Soviets played their first Olympic game in 1956. The only time the Americans have beaten the Soviets in the Olympics came in the gold-medal winning years of 1960 and 1980, the last time a dramatic 4-3 victory that was coined the "Miracle on Ice" at Lake Placid...
...Soviets held on to improve their chances for the six-team medal round and dampening those of the Americans...
...Pentagon said Higgins joined the Marine Corps in 1967 and saw combat in Vietnam. He has received numerous military decorations, including the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Bronze Star with Combat "V," the Meritorious Service Medal and two Navy Commendation Medals...
...Last week, in lowa, our message started to shine through," Dukakis said last night. "We won a bronze. Tonight our message came through loud and clear. We went for the gold, and we won it," the governor said as his wife Kitty placed a gold medal around his neck...
...effort earned Dukakis a bronze medal in Iowa, he said, and in next-door New Hamshire, "We went for the gold...