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Word: olympicsized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Once a rarity, a woman sportswriter has become a fixture at a majority of major U.S. dailies. Of the 180 or so American print journalists accredited to this month's Montreal Olympics, about a dozen are women-not many, but possibly ten more than were at Munich in 1972...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Sultanas of Sweat | 7/12/1976 | See Source »

Queenly Hostess. An estimated 500 million viewers around the globe watched telecasts of the festivities, giving the event a public relations value that delighted even the most republican of Swedes. To them, the wedding was a means of reminding the world of the existence and efficiency of Sverige AB (Sweden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWEDEN: Now, the P. R. Royal Couple | 6/28/1976 | See Source »

When the Kennedys put on a do, it does. The latest was a ball held at Manhattan's elegant Hotel Pierre to raise money for the Special Olympics, an international athletic and recreation program for mentally retarded children and adults. For the 250 or so people who attended (at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 21, 1976 | 6/21/1976 | See Source »

America was humiliated at the Munich Olympics when Chris Taylor, the 400-plus pound lug who had flopped his way into America's heart, was torn to pieces by a sneaky little Russian half his weight (it is no coincidence that late August-early September is marked by historians as...

Author: By N. NASH Eberstadt, | Title: Gnashed Teeth | 5/20/1976 | See Source »

McCulloh is one of Harvard's two seven-foot high jumpers. The Eliot House senior combines with Mel Embree to give Harvard possibly the most dynamic high jumping duo in college track and field. Their talent has also earned the two leapers a shot at the Montreal Olympics later this...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: 'Nothing' Works for McCulloh, Harvard's Other High Jumper | 5/20/1976 | See Source »

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