Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...meters takes about as much time to run as some people spend tying their shoelaces. So the application of strategy is lightning quick. These two runners are as different as a firecracker and a long fuse. Johnson has an explosive start and eventually decelerates; Lewis starts more slowly and builds. As the gun went off last week, Johnson burst out of the blocks, seized the lead, and held it. Lewis, on the other hand, got a characteristically slower start, but instead of accelerating past his adversary, he looked to his right three times, always to see Johnson in front...
...cliff-hanger right up through the final few seconds of the competition. For the Soviets, there was Shushunova, 19, the team's mainstay, who wooed quietly with her elegant lines and dramatic presentation. Rumania was represented by Silivas, 18, a charismatic performer with an instinct for selling her quick, precise routines to the audience. Coming into the final rotation, the vault, Silivas held a slight edge. Although vault is her weakest event, she held tough to the last, scoring 9.95. Nothing less than a perfect 10 would deprive her of the gold. But Shushunova had already scored...
MOSCOW--Mikhail S. Gorbachev retired President Andrei A. Gromyko from the Politburo and fired other top leaders yesterday in a quick-paced Kremlin shake-up that brought Gorbachev closer to assuming a new, more powerful presidency...
Receivers: Here, too, Mr. Lockbaum is missed. Instead of Flash Gordon, Wiley has had to rely on a sophomore, Mark Gallagher, and his tailback, Tim Donovan, to catch his passes. Donovan has 15 receptions. Gallagher is short (5-ft., 9-in.), but he's quick. He has 13 receptions. This year Wiley is shooting for the 10,000 career passing mark. These folks will have to help...
Union supporters, led by CEC, are planning an intensive tabling campaign during the next few weeks, hoping to increase interest in the union. Students also said they plan to volunteer in HUCTW offices, educate their classmates and pressure administrators to bargain with the union for a quick contract settlement...