Word: training
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...such as computers, science textbooks and paper, then ship them to schools that either the Harvard Graduate School of Education or SAZM has targeted as needy, Mpati said. Group leaders also said they hoped to send U.S. teachers to South Africa to work in Black schools and to help train Black South African teachers...
...Ricardo Montalban and Herve Villechaize, were not on hand, the posh Hawaiian resort that opened last week could well be named Fantasy Island. The new Hyatt Regency in Waikoloa on the main island of Hawaii offers luxury accommodations for $195 to $375 a night. For $325 extra, guests can train for a day under a professional driver, then suit up for a mock Grand Prix auto race along the coastline. Those who seek Hemingway-style adventures can hunt wild Russian boar and Longhorn bull on an island safari...
...Martinez, 31, cannot exercise six or seven hours a day like his Soviet rivals. He has a 40-hr.-a-week job. "I work at Budget Rent a Car," he explains, "parking autos, getting them for customers, taking them to the car wash, hanging the keys up. Then I train three or four days a week from 6 to 9 p.m. I am always sore." Martinez's coach Jim Schmitz also coaches the U.S. team. To thrive, he says, it needs Soviet-style recruitment and subsidies. "We lose most weight lifters to football scholarships...
...train together and advise each other on and off the track. Despite the flashy outfits, Griffith Joyner is soft-spoken and demure away from competition. She pays fastidious attention to her appearance. In fact, if she has time between heats, she will change not only her outfit but also her nail polish. "I love it when she paints on little palm trees," says an adoring Al. He insists that his wife's departure from Kersee's club will not cause any awkwardness come Thanksgiving Day. Says Al: "Jackie will always be my sister, Bobby will always be my brother...
...knee down ! to his heel. Two months later, Dr. Sergei Mironov, who treats virtually all top athletes and performers in Moscow, inserted an external fixator to realign the bones. The contraption consisted of metal rings used to support pins that screwed the bone fragments together. When he tried to train, Bilozerchev favored his left leg so badly that he damaged the tissue in his right ankle. In December 1986 he underwent surgery to correct that problem...