Word: sporting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Biathlon: The Americans have never won a medal in this event. Who would want to win a medal in a "sport" that combines cross-country skiing with target practice? Except maybe Charles Bronson...
...quite an experience to be in an Olympic Village," Albright said. "In sport you find a way to communicate with people who don't speak your language. We saw people who came from behind the Iron Curtain, and we shared a lot of the same interests. That really impressed...
...Jackson proved once and for all that his appeal was not limited to Blacks. Meanwhile, the caucus-goers effectively eliminated two men whose presence only obscured the Democratic field, former Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt and former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart. Thanks to the Iowans, the Democratic party can now sport a few candidates who have received someone's stamp of approval besides Snow White...
...Golden Thimble. Since he opened his own couture house a year ago, his ideas have become the most visible in the field, a rare combination of wit, frivolity and knowing thefts from both past designers and the great ages in clothing history. Lacroix is the man whose designs might sport a rude cabbage rose, perhaps on the derriere. He is the one who put middle-aged women into bubble shapes or bustles, often at mid-thigh. That led him to an unintended refutation of the Duchess of Windsor's maxim that one cannot be too rich or too thin. Sometimes...
With a salon where you can settle down, fool around with the clothes and schmooze with -- or at least step over -- the grand master, Lacroix is attracting other wealthy young people accustomed to haute ready-to-wear. Living for the city lights, they are the type who might sport a subtle Issey Miyake one night, an elegant Giorgio Armani the next...