Word: raced
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...losses put the Crimson in the unenviable situation of needing a two-game sweep against a hot Penn team on its home field this weekend to remain in the race for the EIBL title...
...year old Ethiopian missed the 1988 Olympic marathon because his country joined North Korea's boycott of the Seoul Games. And though Mekonnen said he was happy he won yesterday, he said: "I don't consider it my Olympic race...
Kenya's Ibrahim Hussein, last year's Boston champion and the first African to win the race, placed fourth with a time of 2:12:41, followed by John Campbell, 40, of New Zealand, in 2:14:19. Campbell's time smashed the Boston course record in the Masters division (2:17:53), set last year by Ryszard Marczak of Poland...
Though Kristiansen failed in her quest to break the two-hour, 20-minute barrier, the victory was her first over Samuelson in three tries. She led every step of the women's race and was not seriously challenged after the early stages, finishing in at 2:24:33, the third-fastest time for a woman...
...complete control over the assembly that will write Namibia's new constitution, a party must capture two-thirds of the total vote, and there is considerable doubt that SWAPO can do that. It will face at least six opponents, the strongest being the moderate Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, a mixed-race consortium of ethnically based parties with considerable appeal to Namibia's 80,000 whites. Says Alliance Chairman Dirk Mudge, a white former Finance Minister: "It won't be a SWAPO landslide, believe me." Last week's violence cast doubt not only on whether the frail peace plan can hold...