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Word: olympicsized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Zivkovic started manufacturing fencing equipment three years ago. "There's always room for improvement in the equipment for any sport," he says. One of Zivkovic's innovations has been a dueling strip which was used as the official strip of the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.

Author: By Peter Mcloughlin, | Title: Zivkovic Stresses Perfection, New Technique, and Team Unity | 1/26/1977 | See Source »

The film's second, longer half deals with professional-level competition in the Mr. Olympics contest. The film makers have found an ideal protagonist and set him against a dramatically perfect antagonist. In the former role they have, as the contest announcer endlessly calls him, "the one and only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Delicate Beefcake Ballet | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

The most dramatic, and probably most serious, loss is at the high jump position. To paraphrase Erich Segal (a Briggs Cage regular in his day), what can you say about a 22-year old, record-breaking high jumper who graduates? Mel Embree broke every record in the book in his...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Wait 'Til Last Year | 1/18/1977 | See Source »

The scale of the Super Bowl happening is staggering. It has commanded the largest audience ever for a single sporting event televised in the U.S. The number should grow even larger when the Oakland Raiders and Minnesota Vikings contend for the Super Bowl title this weekend in Los Angeles. One...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: THE SUPER SHOW | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

Among the more ambitious efforts will be ABC's twelve-hour serialization of Alex Haley's Roots, scheduled to start on Jan. 23. A semifictional history, Roots traces Haley's ancestry from Kunta Kinte, a Mandinka African youth captured by slave traders in 1767. ABC has invested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Banking on a Novel Approach | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

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