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Word: retton (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...quarter-century. Says a prominent Chinese sports journalist: "Fu Mingxia is a money tree for her family." Still, that Olympic bonus is less than a fifth of what the Soviet Union offered athletes for gold at Seoul -- and about one-third of 1% of what American gymnast Mary Lou Retton earned from capitalist sources after her Olympic heyday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diving China's Chosen Ones | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

...Crimson's success brought in Cornell's fifth loss for the season, goalie Bernel was the Big Red's only saving grace. With acrobatics that often made Mary Lou Retton look stiff, the Cornell Co-Captain kept the game from becoming a massacre, making 19 saves in the match...

Author: By Angela M. Payne, | Title: Crimson Stickwomen Dismiss Cornell, 3-0 | 10/13/1990 | See Source »

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