Word: stressful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have a discipline, determination and dedication that would put many other athletes to shame. Two times daily, six days weekly, year after year, they labor in airless gymnasiums to master and reinvent the most difficult flips, twists and spins. Often they work in spite of painful strains, sprains and stress fractures. And always they work with the dark knowledge that the slightest bobble or a judge's caprice could mean the hundredth-of-a-point deduction that robs them of their glory...
...year the U.S. has produced two of the top picks for all-around gold honors in Barcelona -- an unprecedented American pair at the top. Not surprisingly, both are known for their doggedness and tenacity. Kim Zmeskal of Houston, the reigning world all-around champion, battles persistent pain from a stress fracture in her left wrist and the psychological pressure of being the person everyone else wants to beat. Shannon Miller of Edmond, Okla., who was sidelined in late March with a dislocated left elbow and bone chip, recuperated from surgery in record time, and is now stronger and more confident...
...dubbed the Little Pumpkin, and now calls Kimbo. "She has an outstanding capability to pull herself together and perform consistently under pressure," he says. "You can see on her face that she'll do it, no matter what." Not even pain stops her. At the 1991 nationals, the stress fracture in Zmeskal's wrist ached so badly that she couldn't grab the uneven bars. Come competition time, though, she nailed every routine...
...much stress, perhaps? An intolerance for the festivity so prevalent through out Madison Square Garden? The probable explanation was simple enough: the logo emblazoned across the ball's surface said, "Clinton for President...
Early in the campaign, Clinton did not plan to stress abortion or other emotional issues such as school prayer. He wanted to avoid the appearance of catering to "special interests," including feminists. But now Clinton must scrape for every faction, large or small. As the only one of the three candidates favoring the pending bill and promising to appoint pro-choice judges to the Supreme Court, Clinton hopes to stand apart from his rivals...