Word: olympian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...those sunsets numb the unenthralled viewer; he wants to head for Vegas. Milagro is kind to its characters; it works as hard to discover subtleties in their stereotypes as it does to unearth gorgeous new colors in the Southwest palette. But the film remains genially above them, like an Olympian social worker. This humanist western is just too darn nice. It needs to be more butch and less Sundance...
...teased Kevin Miller--MSU's returned Olympian--asking him how difficult his course load was this semester...
...Olympian Kevin Miller is not a ringer for Michigan State...
...Spartan Olympian is also enrolled in a class on the ice--college hockey's first class. Right now, he's one of the better players in the tournament. In two games against Harvard this weekend, Miller scored three goals. Three big goals...
...problems, the chaotic primary system has infused American politics with the life and energy it needs. The process offers unknowns a chance to shine in the early, small-state races. It permits the best organized and the best financed to show their stuff in Olympian contests like Super Tuesday. And although one can argue that money and TV advertising distorted last week's results, the ability to raise a lot of cash in small amounts from a lot of people is a kind of plebiscite in itself, a test of a candidate's core support. In its very complexity...