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Word: talant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Every time one looked up at the bank of 20 TV screens in the Olympic Stadium media subcenter, one could see arms being raised, in victory or despair. A man called Talant scored with two minutes left to lift Spain to the medal round, above Egypt, in team handball, 20-19. The perennial Olympian, basketball hero Oscar Schmidt, in his fifth and last Games, put up an absurd shot for Brazil with 17 seconds left, and it fell in, and Puerto Rico was defeated. In the new sport of women's softball, an American pitcher was one strike away from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GAMES TRIUMPHANT | 8/12/1996 | See Source »

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