Word: sport
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first for everybody." So says senior John Hansen, co-captain and one of the prime movers behind Harvard's latest varsity sport--water polo...
...fair means or foul, avoiding taxes has become a popular U.S. sport. Nicholas Murray of the investment firm of Shearson Loeb Rhoades estimates that queries about tax shelters have doubled in the past year. Says William G. Brennan, publisher of a tax shelter newsletter in Valley Forge, Pa.: "Because of inflation, more and more people keep landing in the 50% bracket, and that's what makes sheltering profitable." An estimated 2 million individual tax returns now fall into the 50% bracket with taxable incomes of $41,500 or above for single people and $60,000 or above for couples...
...self-proclaimed "greatest sporting goods store in the world" is back. Abercrombie & Fitch's classy clientele included heads of state from Theodore Roosevelt to King Hussein, and its bison suede coat, for example, was considered a steal at $2,000. A&F, however, slid into bankruptcy three years ago after a long battle with less prestigious, but more practical, retailers. Now Houston's Oshman's Sporting Goods has bought the firm's name and mystique, and this week it is opening in Dallas the first full-size new Abercrombie & Fitch store. Oshman's already...
...ALSO-RAN. Winning isn 't everything; it's the only thing, said Vince Lombardi. But sometimes nothing so becomes a candidate's run for the Oval Office as the manner in which he bows out. Sport and politics share the inevitability that someone must lose ?but also the redemption that there is almost always a tomorrow...
...Garden are nothing new to one Carter supporter and unofficial Kentucky delegate. So while the convention droned on, former Heavyweight Champion Muhammad All was working the floor-signing autographs and pressing flesh. "I don't know nothing about politics," said the Greatest, with uncharacteristic modesty. He did, however, sport an ERA YES button, as well as a natty new mustache. Asked if he were sparring for a career in office, Ali replied: "The only thing I'd ever run for is President...