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Word: talismanic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...mightiest swim team in decades. In an island nation, you would expect water sports to be important. They are. Of all the Olympic events, the home fans are savoring a duel in the pool with the Yanks, who don't seem to have an answer for the teenage talisman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Summer Olympics: Ian Thorpe | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...mightiest swim team in decades. In an island nation, you would expect water sports to be important. They are. Of all the Olympic events, the home fans are savoring a duel in the pool with the Yanks, who don't seem to have an answer for the teenage talisman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Profile: Ian Thorpe | 9/6/2000 | See Source »

...worried about her chances, because she will have two veterans of the Atlanta Games on her side: Dawes and Dawes' good-luck talisman, a small blue Cookie Monster doll that she passed on to Ray when she first retired. They've agreed to share him. Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. Sounds as if Ray is ready for the most important meet of her career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Older New Guard | 9/4/2000 | See Source »

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