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Word: olympicsized (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though Ali won the gold medal at the Rome Olympics in 1960, at the time the experts didn't think much of his boxing skills. His head, eyes wide, seemed to float above the action. Rather than slip a punch, the traditional defensive move, it was his habit to sway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUHAMMAD ALI: The Greatest | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

The ceremonial leave-taking of great athletes can impart indelible memories, even if one remembers them from the scratchy newsreels of time--Babe Ruth with the doffed cap at home plate, Lou Gehrig's voice echoing in the vast hollows of Yankee Stadium. Muhammad Ali's was not exactly a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUHAMMAD ALI: The Greatest | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

JESSE OWENS For one brief moment, he was white America's first black athletic hero, his four gold medals (and three world records) at the 1936 Berlin Olympics both a garland of honor for the U.S. and a mortification to Hitler. Within months, though, even with medals on his bureau...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The 10 Most Influential Athletes Of The Century | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

Class Day, run by seniors for more than a century, has spawned several offshoots over the years. The current senior events, including the Last Chance Dance, the Moonlight Cruise and the Quad Olympics, all grew out of Class Day.

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Class Day Traditions Have Devolved From Formal Attire to Scorpion Bowls | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

Johnson & Johnson made a simple p.r. and money decision. It concluded, in part, that its image and profits as a health-enhancing company could not square with a sports event tainted by scandal. Corporate financial backing has become the vital adrenaline for the success of the Olympics, and the games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Omen for Olympics as Johnson & Johnson Takes a Powder | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

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