Word: olympicsized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Since the shadowy Black September organization was born 2½ years ago, it has enjoyed the financial support of several major Arab nations and the moral support of many. Even after Black Septembrists killed eleven Israelis at the Munich Olympics last summer, countries such as Saudi Arabia and Libya continued...
That spirit carried her through her one major setback so far: failure to win in the 1972 Winter Olympics at Sapporo. The Austrians went into that competition confident of success, and Annemie was expected to pick off a gold medal or two with little trouble. The team's morale...
The invaders quickly identified themselves as members of Black September, the Palestinian guerrilla group that murdered eleven Israelis at the Munich Olympics last summer. Holding a sort of mock court in which the captives were judged according to their country's attitude toward the Palestinian cause, they singled out...
The week-long 40th International Eucharistic Congress, dubbed a "spiritual Olympics," was notable for its liturgical boldness, but its ventures into the discussion of social problems were somewhat less original. A variety of seminars simply belabored the familiar problems of ecology and ecumenism. As for the aborigines, a number of...
Who is the world's greatest all-round athlete? ABC-TV and sundry promoters went through the motions of finding out last week by staging a kind of mini-Olympics called "The Superstars." Ten top professional athletes were invited to compete in any seven of ten events, excluding their...