Word: seale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...combined time of 2 min. 40.05 sec. That put him in second place for the day behind Alexander Zhirov, a rising Soviet star, who came in at 2 min. 39.80 sec. Stenmark was third, at 2 min. 40.24 sec. But Mahre's finish was enough to seal his Cup victory, giving him a season's total of 266 points to Stenmark's 260. Zhirov was third with 185 points, and Steve Mahre was fourth with...
Some time during the past 159 years, the official seal of Missouri turned unofficial. According to a state law passed in 1822, the seal is supposed to depict two Missouri grizzlies on their hind legs, each gazing out at the citizenry. The current version includes the mandated bears, but their bearing may be illegal: they stare straight at each other. Says State Representative Francis ("Bud") Barnes: "Somewhere along the line somebody started fooling around with those damn bears. They are now squaring off-and should not be." Which means that the seal does not conform with its statutory definition. Which...
...Soviet submarines, fitted with new longer-range missiles, could hit targets in the continental U.S. from farther awayfrom the Sea of Okhotsk north of Hokkaido, which is sheltered by the Soviet mainland, a peninsula and the Kuril Islands. Japanese and American experts believe the Soviet Union is trying to seal off the Sea of Okhotsk from American ASW forces and turn it into a protected launching area for the newest Soviet subs and missiles...
When Cunningham reports for work March 16 in Seagram's bronze-hued glass tower on Manhattan's Park Avenue, she will coordinate the company's wine ventures. They include Paul Masson and Gold Seal brands bottled in the U.S.; Barton & Guestier wines in France; vineyards throughout Europe; and the marketing for Christian Brothers Wine and Brandy...
...pinch pennies, cash flows freely to high-living evangelists subject only to boards led by relatives and retainers. To allay doubts, nondenominational ministries in 1979 created the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (E.C.F.A.) to fix fund-raising standards. Many evangelists, including Billy Graham and Jerry Falwell, have won its seal of approval; others, including Jim Bakker, Rex Humbard, Oral Roberts and Pat Robertson, have not. Bayly advises contributors to demand a financial statement even if a group has the E.C.F.A. seal: "If questions are dodged, assume it is a careless operation at best, fraudulent at worst...