Word: smilingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would take stony faces indeed not to smile at the exuberance of Mary Decker. Her joy at competing seems irresistibly contagious. Says the top U.S. women's middle-distance runner: "I love to run." Some of Decker's zeal may stem from her childhood, the feuding and eventual divorce of her parents: "If you come out of things like that in the right frame of mind, you're just more competitive." Such resolve exacts a toll. Her relentless training has led to a series of injuries, including one that kept her out of the 1976 Olympics. Then came...
...Ferraro, standing beside him in a bright red dress and simple string of pearls. "What did I tell you about Minnesota?" he asked the New Yorker during a standing ovation. A bit later: "You'll have to get used to this. At the convention, you'll have to smile for 15 minutes...
...manicured lawns in Lagos, to interview Major General Mohammed Buhari. Above the three rows of ribbons on his crisply starched shirt, the lean Nigerian leader was wearing a button with the slogan "War Against Indiscipline." His shoes were as shiny as mirrors, and behind his gold-rimmed glasses, gentle smile and soft voice, he exuded a quiet air of power. Excerpts from the discussion...
...equally committed to social justice. Born in Montevideo, Castro was one of nine children of a Spanish immigrant mother and Chilean father. The family was Roman Catholic, but as a youth he played with children from a nearby Methodist church. Says Castro, a short, slender man with an infectious smile: "I ultimately found Jesus Christ through my personal contacts. It was not a church-to-church conversion...
...evil intention by the underworld nymph Mintho and Hermes, the lust distracted messenger god? Are the gods, in fact taking proper care of their silly, self-important human charges? Good questions, written it seems with a shaking hand, but proof read perhaps with a hopeful, some what unpracticed smile...