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Word: shtalenkov (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...callow members of the Unified Team want to win too, but their motivation for playing well is mainly so they can escape to the N.H.L., like nearly two dozen of their former colleagues. Such Unified Team stars as Alexei Jamnov, Alexei Kovalev and goalie Mikhail Shtalenkov know that stellar performances will take them from Moscow's food lines to the land of sports agents and deferred-annuity packages in seven figures. Unified Team coach Victor Tikhonov, who prefers the discipline of the old order to the chaos of the new, is trying to make teenagers play like Heroes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1992 Winter Olympics: Let's Get Physical | 2/24/1992 | See Source »

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