Word: solidities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...significant other in the Crimson's life came striking back. Although the left hand was under control, the right came up swinging with a solid uppercut...
Among the men, Tamas Darnyi of Hungary broke his own world record in the 400 individual medley, with Dave Wharton of the U.S. a solid second. Britain's Adrian Moorhouse was favored to win the 100-meter breaststroke, and did. Big Matt Biondi finally won his first gold by anchoring the U.S. 4 X 200-meter freestyle relay team to a world-record win in the best race of the week, roaring up from behind to beat Steffen Zesner of East Germany with the fastest 200-meter leg ever swum, as teammates Troy Dalbey, Matt Cetlinski and Doug Gjertsen bayed...
...swimming wound down, he anchored the U.S. 4 X 100 free relay team (Chris Jacobs, Troy Dalbey and Tom Jager were the other members) in an event the U.S. has not lost in modern times. That kind of dominance can't last, but it did not end in Seoul; solid splits by the first three swimmers and another spectacular anchor leg by Biondi gave the U.S. its second relay world record. The next night he lined up for the 50-meter free. Earlier he had broken an Olympic record in the 100 free; now he beat teammate Jager...
...everyone speaks of failed visions. A vastly successful Wall Street commodities broker demands, "Why is ((the farmer)) a solid citizen? That's a myth. The myth is that land is good, right? Farmers work hard, right? That's also a myth . . . Ten years from now, there will be less farmers. We don't need them...
...that they had unexpectedly wrested from the Soviets at the 1987 world championships, battled valiantly. But Aurelia Dobre, who had been counted on to shine, was still recuperating from recent knee surgery and could serve up only 9.9s where 10s were needed. Thus the Soviets triumphed by a solid 1.35 points. In the battle for bronze, the U.S. lost out to the East Germans by just 0.3 of a point, felled by a controversial technical ruling that penalized the Americans a fatal half point. Come the all-around, it was a duel to the last 10 between Rumania...