Word: rank
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...make it Susan did, much to she astonishment of her family and teammates. She has since gone to earn spots on the Holland/France. Hawaii and Utah trips, and her times of 1:12.93 and 2:35.08 in the 100- and 200-meter breaststrokes at Irvine last summer rank her 20th and 12th in the world, respectively...
Perhaps the most disturbing element of last week's flap is that energy has been dissipated, in petty feuds over rank and prerogative, that might more usefully have gone into the formulation of foreign policy. Nothing dramatic has gone wrong, but time has been wasted by a group that tends to dawdle too much over procedure...
While the blacklist is forging a new sensitivity among fans and athletes, it is hardly delivering a crushing blow to front-rank competitors. It is supported largely by Third World nations, where comparatively few major international sporting events occur. Still, the blacklist is resented by many athletic figures as an unnecessary intrusion of politics into sport. "Barbaric," says U.S. Boxing Promoter Bob Arum, who has helped organize fights in South Africa. U.S. Tennis Player Brian Gottfried, who is not on the list, nonetheless calls it "a damned scandal...
...hardly matters. Beneath its contrivances, Gorky Park provides a rich social context and a knowledgeable portrait of Eastern Europe, wars and all. It is an arena rank with hypocrisy, where May Day quotas are filled by automobile workers banging in screws with hammers; where the old starve and the young drink too much; where a black market in gasoline, used cars and objets d'art overmatches its Western counterpart; where suicide is disguised-who would take his own life in paradise? Yet it is also a place where dissidence is the badge of the patriot, and protesters underline Maxim...
This week of double work-outs will be the most crucial of the year. In this week, you will be seat racing with the other rowers on your team to determine your boat ranking and seat for the competitive season starting in just a few weeks. Two boats will race for three minutes, oarsmen will switch boats, and then the boats will race again. The coach will compare results over the week to get a rough determination of your skill with respect to the team overall. For the first time all year, competition, moderated by the gentlemanly tradition, will divide...