Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...soccer "pitch" he is in his element, having played the sport since grade school. By the time he was 15, Smith was playing up to 100 games a season and he made the last 22 of the British junior national team in his senior year. But, even there, Smith had to adapt. "It's certainly the first time, at the school level, that I've been on a losing team," he says. "In a few games it's hurt my game. Sometimes it seems it's been a struggle...
...quest for the right picture becomes especially challenging when no one is certain that the desired photo even exists. A case in point: locating a shot of John Paul II enjoying the sport of skiing before he was elected Pope. Reports Assistant Picture Editor Alice Rose George, who led the scramble: "Our researcher in the London bureau was told by a photographer that he knew someone who had taken a skiing holiday in Poland and had some 8-mm movie film of Cardinal Wojtyla in ski clothing. We tracked down the film and ended up with an exclusive shot...
...speaks slowly and softly, choosing each word with care, and has to' be coaxed into talking about himself. But in discussing his business, he displays the combative urge that made him a championship wrestler in high school and during his two-year Navy hitch. Says Pat: "It's a sport I identify with. You're out there on your own, and if you can't cut it, it's pretty obvious." He feels much the same about farming, castigating many of his fellows for being too timid about expanding and adopting new technology. As he told TIME Correspondent Roberto...
Overcoming the pain and difficulties is, at least for Meyer, where the gratification enters. "Cross country is such a challenge," he said. "I think it's much more demanding and intense than track, or any other sport I've ever participated...
Keller-Sarmiento is not just a one-sport man and hopes to make the ski team this winter. He would also like to join the International Relations Council but as he explains, "Right now, if I'm not playing soccer, I'm studying...