Word: silver
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...forces of disruption, which, instead of unity, had brought fear. The great promise of sports is that it will take us away, for a moment, from politics and usher us into a green sanctuary where hopes are fresh and struggles have no dire consequences except for gold and silver. And the meaning of the Olympics is that it puts things in a different perspective, in which sprites become giants and heroes become people once again. But the malign calculation of the bomb gave all such shifts a deadly tilt, as if to invert the Shakespearean affirmation: one touch of malice...
...women's 100 m took both 10.94 sec. and an eternity. Gail Devers and Gwen Torrence of the U.S. and Merlene Ottey of Jamaica all hit the tape together, with Devers winning by a literal nose. But minutes passed before the result was posted, and then silver medalist Ottey filed a protest that was denied an hour later. Devers, who thus becomes the first man or woman since Wyomia Tyus in '64 and '68 to repeat in the 100, was quick to bank her joy with concern for the loved ones of the people injured and killed in the blast...
...once it sunk in that she had won the Olympic silver medal, everything came into perspective, she said...
...silver will be the school's only medal in these games--Harvard's best hopes had been in the women's eights which featured Elizabeth S. "Betsy" McCagg '89 and her sister Mary R. McCagg...
...honor of proving himself the top Scrabbler on the continent weren't enough, Logan also took home a silver bowl and $25,000 for winning the tournament...