Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ties in with Streisand's famous proboscis-get it?) whose accountant has absconded with all her assets except an inactive prizefighter (Ryan O'Neal). The boxer had been kept on the payroll as a tax loss, which suited him just fine since boxing was the sort of sport at which he imagined he might get hurt...
...California so much he decided to open a store in Massachusetts: "Boston and Cambridge were ready for something new, a new form of exercise, a new way of getting high." He added that while the mechanics of roller wheels and bearings are related to those of skateboards, the sport itself is completely different. Skateboarding appeals more to young daredevils, but everyone can enjoy rollerskating. Since most people skate as children, they are not afraid to get back on skates as adults, Ramus said...
Linda Chapnick, owner of the Rolling Stoned, said her business has been racing this summer. She said she got interested in rollerskating last year in California, too, when she and her husband became fascinated by skaters' expressions. Skilled skaters were completely absorbed in their sport while the others were simply fooling around and having a great time. Chapnick said the simplicity and the wholesomeness of skating is appealing--it is truly American, good exercise and a lot more fun than jogging. Her customers range from children to professionals, she said. One of Chapnick's customers, a young internist from Philadelphia...
...when he catches up with a tornado, it is not uncommon for him to bring it back alive on film. Thereafter scientists at the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Okla., can study it in the relative safety of the lab. Catching tornadoes sounds about as unlikely a sport as herding partridges on horseback. But when conditions are right, the NSSL sends out several vans packed with photographers, meteorologists and equipment, assorted airplanes and platoons of experts in hope of harvesting storm data. When people in Texas or Oklahoma or Kansas start running for their lives from a tornado, Moore...
...full of racing heart can make the final closing rush for this third and most difficult leg of the Triple Crown. Coastal's triumph over Spectacular Bid, who had an air of invincibility as the day began, will be remembered as one of the great upsets in the sport's history...