Word: olympian
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...second blind flip, and a landing. No 747 ever set itself down on a two-mile runway with more assurance or aplomb. She leaps, twists, spins, and the 18,000 people in Montreal's Forum realize that they are witnessing an exhibition of individual achievement that is truly Olympian. The judges agree. Their verdict on Nadia Comaneci, 14, of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, Romania: she is perfect. Pripyat, Soviet Union June 23, 1986 For those who have seen it, Pripyat is a place of silence, devoid of life. The only movement that suggests human habitation is the flutter of laundry...
...options were limited: she could marry a citizen, specialize in highly sought-after professions like biochemistry or nursing, or, if she had the athletic skills of an Olympian, she could be granted naturalization for outstanding ability...
From inside the boards to inside the boardroom. That’s the transition Olympian and former Harvard ice hockey star Angela Ruggiero ’02-’04 will make after being selected in an online fan vote from a pool of Winter Games standouts to appear in the upcoming sixth season of the popular reality show, The Apprentice, debuting in January. The program, the brainchild of real estate mogul Donald Trump, pits two teams against each other in tasks testing their character, business acumen, and entrepreneurship, with the least apt candidate—in the eyes...
...Harvard men’s ice hockey, who played on the 1989 NCAA championship team under Cleary, also played in an Olympic hockey team, but said “that would probably be where the comparison ends.”“He was such a great Olympian,” he says. “I have talked to a number of older gentlemen who still refer to him as the greatest American hockey player ever.”Cleary came to Harvard as a student in 1952 and quickly started breaking records on the ice. Many...
...planning on swimming,” Demers said. “But my uncle, [a member of the 1974 undefeated Harvard crew and future Olympian], and my parents pushed me to start training...