Word: mottos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...crusading "people's lawyers" in populist campaigns attacking rapacious utility companies and other targets. A rare pollster who can really write, he championed staccato, issues-based TV-ad campaigns that cloaked the negatives in a neutral, newsy style. "I didn't sell candidates through images," he says. "My motto was biblical: 'By their acts shall ye know them...
...want you to have this because it was your favorite event." Seeing his mother's surprise, Lewis said, "Don't worry, I'll get another one." He did, but only as a consequence of the greatest scandal in Olympic history: the 1988 100 m. Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, whose motto was "When the gun goes off, the race is over," flashed across the finish line in Seoul in a world-record time of 9.79 sec. Unfortunately, when his urine test came in, it was all over for Johnson. Lewis, the second-place finisher, was awarded the gold...
...noted that the original motto of the school was "In Christe Gloriam," or "In Christ, Glory." Later, the "Veritas" seal often included "Christoet Ecclesiae...
With only 10.4% of private-sector employees now unionized--down from 16.8% in 1983--the motto of John Sweeney, the federation's new president, is Organize or Die. Some $20 million is earmarked for membership drives, and the tactics are increasingly bareknuckled--as in the effort to drive away New Otani's tour business. The number of organizers deployed by the federation has increased more than tenfold since 1990. And defying labor's stereotype as a bastion of old white males, the new organizers are mostly in their 20s and 30s, mostly female and, like Campos, increasingly from minority groups...
...following pages, we will take a look back at the history of the Games, visit their newest host, provide a guide through the maze of events, profile six athletes who embody the Olympic motto of Citius, Altius, Fortius (Swifter, Higher, Stronger), and, in a series of photographs, show the timeless quality of the Olympics. But for now, Let the Games begin...