Word: podium
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...event, slamming into the high bar as he spun out of control during an unrivaled series of one-armed giant swings around the bar. The mishap cost him a crucial half point, which ultimately enabled the consistent Artemov, a perennial runner-up, to finally land on the top podium, and the aggressive Liukin to take the silver...
...might distract her teammate's concentration, Faehn squatted and watched the routine through to its completion. Minutes later, East German Ellen Berger, a rules official, dug into the book and emerged with an often overlooked regulation that specifically prohibits coaches -- and apparently other noncompetitors -- from standing on the raised podium during a performance. "A rule is a rule," Berger insisted and pressed for a 0.5 penalty. A rules committee dominated by East bloc officials came down in favor of the deduction. Reflecting a widespread view even among non-Americans, U.S. gymnastics official Jacki hooted, "It's a Mickey Mouse rule...
...week was the schoolgirl swimmer Janet Evans, 17, winsome, lithesome and as single-minded as a shark. She ditched the homework she brought from California, but plans to offer the excuse that she had to sing The Star-Spangled Banner three times. After so many trips onto the podium, Evans concluded, "It's always the same -- pure honor." The littlest mermaid sees everything in a race, but nobody can see her. She makes you want to fish her out of the surf somehow, and hoist her up some way, to uncover just what she really does and whether her high...
White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater stepped up to the blue-velvet-trimmed podium of the White House briefing room for the daily ritual of feeding the usually acerbic presidential press corps. U.P.I.'s Helen Thomas, the ever vigilant observer of six Administrations, lobbed the first barbed inquiry: "Well, Marlin, what are you going to do for George Bush today?" Smiling benignly, Fitzwater replied, "Anything...
...however brief the light of these remarkable fireflies, they do endure. When young gymnasts are asked to articulate their dreams, they speak reverentially of being the next Olga, the next Nadia, the next Mary Lou. It is to that exalted podium of first-name fame that the sprites in Seoul hope to vault...