Word: olympians
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...North Koreans on the team rosters. It will also likely end up footing the bills for the joint team, as it has in the past for inter-Korean sporting events. But for many South Koreans, that will be a small price to pay if it helps to achieve the Olympian goal of overcoming a half-century of division...
When the Crimson stepped into the pool against a former Olympian, several former college players, and some former members of the US National Team, it knew the next four periods of play were going to be difficult...
...OLYMPIAN MASTER PLANNER...
...trouble." When the time went up, Cram had broken Coe's record by a full 1.02 sec. in an awesome 3:46.31. Awesome to all but Cram apparently. "With a better third lap I could have done 3:45," he told reporters. Hubris? Just a true hero's Olympian standards. "If I feel that I can't improve on my form," Cram said, "then I will pack it in." --By Ezra Bowen. Reported by Bent Onsager/Oslo
...ideology the Downtown Plan is sensibly deferential to the existing warp and woof of the city. In ambition, however, it is reminiscent of the Olympian urban-renewal texts of a generation ago, when planners presumed to know how to recast cities from scratch. It puts the city on record against unnecessary shadow and wind and disapproves of mirrored windows (visually off-putting), big street-level airline ticket offices (too boring for pedestrians) and the profusion of newspaper-vending machines (inconvenient for pedestrians). No San Franciscan, the plan continues, should have to walk more than 900 feet to find a sunny...