Word: sport
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...producers of the movie cut costs on costumes and lighting with ideas equally innovative and economical. Richard II takes place "in a world out of time," World War II, in fact. All of the characters, including the Queen, sport khaki uniforms. An outdoor setting and torches for the indoor scenes provided all the lighting needed. Altogether, the production cost about $1200, and the producers expect to make none of it back...
...parent of young speed skaters, I was angered by your comment that speed skating is an obscure sport and "Heiden, the greatest speed skater in history-and an American-has flashed through without leaving a trace." Eric Heiden chose to excel in a sport that demands grace and strength, instead of one like hockey, which can be brutal and violent. I am proud that my children chose to emulate...
Former President Gerald Ford, 70, whose life seems to be dogged by minor mishaps, has a knack for turning even the genteel game of golf into a hazardous sport. At the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., all was going well for Ford and his partner, Jack Nicklaus, 44, until they reached the 15th tee. There, Ford hooked a shot that traveled 90 yards and bopped a woman spectator squarely on the head. The unlucky lady was knocked down, and Ford's round was delayed for 30 minutes as medics administered sympathy and stitches. Ford...
International Olympic Committee President Juan Samaranch must be one too. During his part in the ceremonies, he said, "We are convinced that once again we will demonstrate to the whole world the true meaning of sport as an illustration of friendship and fraternity, with the Olympic flag as the symbol." When Mika Spiljak, whose official title is "President of the Presidency," declared the Games open, doves raced balloons to the mountaintops. In one translation of the Olympic oath, vowed to for all by Yugoslav Skier Bojan Krizaj, the phrase "in the spirit of true sportsmanship" came out "in the spirit...
...cigarskis did stay on the track in practice. They are so speedy on the smooth curves of new artificial tracks, like the one at Sarajevo, that one official of the International Bobsled and Tobogganing Federation thought they had won the technological war. "The Soviets have taken an exciting sport and turned it into an icy gray science," he said...