Word: strug
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...practices only three to four hours, compared with her old eight-hour-a-day Olympic regimen. Dominique's friends, however, warn of the deceptive similarities between real and stage parenting. "I know her parents were tough on her, and I thought they had good intentions," says former teammate Kerri Strug. "But there's a fine line between parents' being supportive and being pushy. A lot of parents try to live through their kids...
...Loren, James Lovell, Lori Lucas, Robert McNamara, Norman Mailer, Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Morris, Toni Morrison, Ralph Nader, Mike Nichols, Edward James Olmos, Jane Pauley, Dan Rather, Donna Rice, Leni Riefenstahl, Molly Ringwald, Mickey Rooney, Mort Sahl, Diane Sawyer, Claudia Schiffer, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Sargent Shriver, Steven Spielberg, Kerri Strug, Cheryl Tiegs, Laurence Tisch, Donald Trump, Peter Ueberroth, Paul Volcker, Andrew Weil, Raquel Welch and William Westmoreland...
...door by a well-bred Southerner, district director Charles Baugh, who did everything he could to make them feel at home. Upstairs, IRS employees outnumbered concerned taxpayers, which necessitated still more flesh pressing. All those smiles and handshakes and salutations felt out of character. It was like having Kerri Strug as your pit boss...
...last few minutes of his game. This season Ken Griffey Jr. may hit 60 or more home runs, and Cal Ripken Jr. will play in his 2,478th straight game. Last summer Michael Johnson reminded us of Jesse Owens, Amy van Dyken of Eleanor Holm and Kerri Strug of Sergeant York. Loathe him or merely dislike him, we shake our heads in wonder over the crossover talents of Deion Sanders. Appreciate 'em if you got 'em: Evander Holyfield, Pete Sampras, Brett Favre, Jeff Gordon. Maybe Silver Charm lost by three-quarters of a length the other day because a Triple...
Reaction to the Supreme Court's non-decision was as swift as a Lisa Fernandez fastball, as dramatic as a Kerri Strug vault. "It's the greatest single legal action in the history of women's sports," said Donna de Varona, the Olympic swimmer and first president of the Women's Sports Foundation. "It's bad law," says Southern Cal athletic director Mike Garrett, voicing a concern that the Brown ruling will spur lawsuits against schools that are earnestly trying to upgrade women's sports...