Word: tracked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Vanderpool was the place kicker on the freshman football team during the 1985 season, and also ran on the track team. He concentrated in Social Studies...
Nepotism looms especially large as China prepares to name a new generation of leaders. Those moving up on the fast track include Li Tieying, 50, a likely Politburo member whose father was a Communist Party founder, and Ye Xuanping, 62, the governor of Guangdong province and son of the late Marshal Ye Jianying. Their defenders argue that such leaders should not be barred from advancement merely because they happen to be well connected. "An unqualified person should not be appointed simply because his father is a high official," says Tianjin Mayor Li Ruihuan. "Nor should one be denied promotion simply...
...midmorning in Las Vegas, and already the desert heat is shimmering wetly on a running track not far from the casino strip. Here Bill Cosby is hurling himself through a series of sprints, his sturdy 6-ft. frame showing the form that won collegiate championships three decades earlier. The stride is long and smooth, and the pace is brisk through 300 meters (43 sec.) and 600 meters (1:48). Cosby beats his target times and beams with satisfaction. He rewards himself with a Cuban cigar the size of a relay baton and sets a faster goal for tomorrow...
...Jose Napoleon Duarte is scheduled to begin peace negotiations with the country's leftist guerrillas. But a dispute over whether the rebels must first put down their arms threatens to abort the talks. Arias, who has agreed to mediate, will undoubtedly struggle valiantly to pull the talks back on track. But if the plan stalls in El Salvador, it may be the beginning of the end for the Guatemala peace accord...
...cozy little nest in the suburbs. The Reids' Colonial-style house has 15 rooms, including four bedrooms, a library and an exercise center. Stereo music can be piped into each room, and, using infrared remote-control devices, the family can operate the sound system and even select a track on a compact disc from any part of the house. The home also has 4 1/2 baths, six fireplaces and a high-tech exterior lighting system. But the really impressive part of the house is its price...