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Assuming the U.S.O.C. is correct, we might ask, in the interest of Olympic glory, "What do you mean, our guys aren't taking drugs?" Chemistry long ago supplanted Wheaties as the breakfast of champions among elite athletes. Recently an Olympic discus thrower from Australia, Werner Reiterer, who admitted to spending about $12,000 a year on steroids and human-growth hormones during his career, said a majority of Australian athletes used performance enhancers and were encouraged to do so by Olympic officials. In Cuba, track officials refused to suspend world record-holding high jumper Javier Sotomayor after he tested positive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking the Olympic Habit | 7/31/2000 | See Source »

PETER POST, co-author, The Etiquette Advantage in Business: You can't let the pie thrower gain anything from the event. Ranting and raving and expressing great indignation, in nice or foul terms, would only get more publicity for the pie thrower. So either keep silent, or say something like "Damn! This is good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 60 Second Symposium | 6/12/2000 | See Source »

...want to push anyone at this point," said sophomore thrower Natalie Grant. "She was really disappointed that she didn't get to run more...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yale Ruins Weekend For Track Teams | 4/24/2000 | See Source »

Freshman Jill Kornetsky was Harvard's top thrower. She won the hammer with a personal-best throw of 51.31 meters...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Track Edge Out Competition, M. Track Third | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

...Starting thrower Thoke settled down after a shaky start that saw her surrender three runs in the second inning. Thoke spread six hits across seven innings to earn the complete-game victory, her second win of the year...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Softball Happy to Return Home After Tough Road Trip | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

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