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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more supportive style, and achieved perhaps more impressive results. For decades, women's play lagged behind the fast-breaking, street-smart style of the men's game. When the women began to catch up, it was the Soviets, headed by 7-ft. 1-in. Center Uliana Semenova, who led the way. Now, in 6-ft. 3-in. Forward Cheryl Miller of U.S.C., America at last has a player who can dunk and who has the elbows-out style to say, and mean, "In your face." Men and women alike pay her a compliment that even feminists could approve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Faster, Higher, Stonger | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

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