Word: olympiad
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ANGELES SUMMER OLYMPICS (ABC). With half the globe watching, the extensive and authoritative coverage of the XXIII Olympiad was breathtaking to behold...
Sally Ride, Geraldine Ferraro and the women of the XXIII Olympiad. Can there be any doubt that TIME'S choice should be the American woman...
Along with the Math and Physics Olympics, the International Chemistry Olympiad is held annually in Europe; but this is the first year America entered the 20-country event...
...been better? America's Olympics closed with the usual expressions of hope, as the five-ring flag was passed from Los Angeles to another neutral location, Seoul, Korea, where doom is expected again in four years, and the athletes will probably come through once more. The XXIII Olympiad was handsome and bright, not completely smog-free but, as British Runner Steve Cram said, "You should see it where I live," just outside Newcastle. Bringing a world of people to Los Angeles did seem a little like fetching coals to his neighborhood, but the capacities of the freeways were...
...Olympiad was another step forward for women's sports...