Word: sweatsuit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Through the mud of Fox Island in Puget Sound clumps a stubby and sturdy woman wearing a vibrant green baseball cap, a gold and green sweatsuit, and a T shirt emblazoned SAVE OUR FISHING FLEET. Beaming happily, she feeds her Beltsville White turkeys (one of which she will later carve with gusto at her table); points proudly to three eggs freshly laid by her Rhode Island Red hens; strokes her pet sow, which is ready to have piglets and then become part of her larder; hails her goat April, a daily source of milk; and shows...
...field stars receive no direct support beyond their college years. Says Ted Haydon, University of Chicago Track Club coach: "U.S. athletes are pretty much destitute, dependent on handouts from track-shoe companies. They think it's a great thing to get a pair of shoes or a sweatsuit. They're penniless for the most part, and nobody cares. Living in this condition makes them vulnerable to promoters who want to hype up their meets with big names. It's the fault of the system." In the same way, the payoffs finance the Olympic programs of most Western...
...experience like the Olympics is a good example of what I have gained from swimming." Canales explained. He said he found it hard to believe he was in Montreal, "with the best athletes in the world. The kids would see you in a sweatsuit and come running for your autograph. You just had to be there to believe...
...excited children. They pick their way along a meandering brook, pausing regularly to sweep aside branches or peer at compass and map. Near by, an elderly couple stride purposefully down a Jeep trail, jauntily swinging their arms and breathing deeply the crisp, fine air. Suddenly, a sweatsuit-clad figure crashes through the underbrush into a clearing. Panting from a hard run, mud dripping from his shoes, face scratched by brambles, he stares wildly about, then plunges into the thick brush once more. Despite their different styles, all of the people making their way through the forest area near Boston...
...variety of reason, a variety of women took a sweatsuit, an oar, and a rigorous program of exercise, and began the journey towards competition on the river early this fall. The journey starts with novice crew...