Word: phenome
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson has its own goaltending phenom in junior Denise Katsias, who warded off relentless Brown pressure with several brilliant saves. Aided by some fine defensive plays from Tri-Captain Jane Grim and sophomore Erin O'Brien, Katsias kept the Bruins scoreless until well into the second half...
...Phillips down the middle on the eight yard-line. After Crimson fullback Dave Bunning was stopped for a loss and Yohe overthrew Lucas in the endzone--setting up a third and goal situation--Yohe rolled out looking to pass, but with all of his receivers tightly covered, the junior phenom took it into the endzone himself...
Accolades continue to pour in for the junior phenom, who has completed 93 of 178 passes for 1387 yards and two touchdowns, and is just a game or two away from shattering several Harvard passing records...
...comes Cosby the publishing phenom. Three years ago Paul Bresnick, a senior editor at Doubleday and newly expectant father, came up with the idea for a book about being a dad. After his first two choices to write it were "thankfully not available," Bresnick approached Cosby, whose NBC series was just starting to take off. The result was Fatherhood, a collection of humorous anecdotes and observations, which spent more than a year on the best- seller list and sold 2.6 million hard-cover copies, edging past Iacocca to set a modern-day record. Naturally, that called for a sequel. Time...
...East European champion who conquers Wimbledon and women until a little orphan forces him to abandon the Egomania Open. She is Natasha Kotany, the daughter of friends killed in a plane crash. Under Horwat's avuncular gaze, the girl blossoms into a beautiful woman and a court phenom. One night she astonishes him, if no one else, by inquiring, "Haven't you understood that ever since the first day, you have been the only man in my life?" Will she squander her youth on an aging star? Will he choose indulgence or nobility? These and other unsuspenseful questions...