Word: winterizer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...McKinney won a silver medal. Pentathlete Mike Storm helped his team to a silver and finished fifth in individual competition. Single-Scull Rower John Biglow came in fourth, the women's flatwater kayaking team also placed fourth, and Fencer Jana Angelakis lost in the preliminaries. Weight Lifter Kevin Winter dropped out because of injuries...
...orientation in mid-dive is so great that she seeks help for it from a sports psychologist who is on call to the team. Michele Mitchell, 22, missed her hand grab (divers clasp their hands as they enter the water, then let go) while practicing 10-meter dives last winter. Her right shoulder "jerked around somewhere behind me," and eventually required surgery. She was out of action for 4½ months...
Forget Sears, Roebuck. Nowadays Sears, Tiegs might be more appropriate. In 12 million American homes, the first image Sears customers are seeing as they flip through the new fall-winter catalog is the cover picture of Model Cheryl Tiegs, wearing a cardigan sweater and an autumn plaid skirt, her smiling face and long blond tresses beckoning potential buyers into the magic world of America's largest retailer. Sears has taken a fancy to Tiegs, embracing her in its catalog and TV commercials and identifying itself with her wholesome all-American looks. The chemistry has been sizzling. Just two years...
...storm. Normally, the most significant impact of the DLE is to enliven the skiing season with a few extra feet of snow. But in the 1870s the lake swelled to an alltime high of 4,211.6 ft. above sea level. In 1983, April showers followed an exceptionally snowy winter and led to this year's peak of 4,209.25 ft. Larger in an average year than Rhode Island, the lake has grown by 30%, to 2,250 sq. mi. As one Utah meteorologist puts it, "If you compared it to earthquakes, it would...
...half years ago, the National Theater poached on Broadway turf with a vivid revival of Guys and Dolls that is still running in repertory. Less successful have been efforts by the company's director, Sir Peter Hall, to stage original, serious musical works. Last winter his collaboration with Composer Marvin Hamlisch on a dirge about Jean Seberg, in which the actress was seriously compared with Joan of Arc, fizzled at the stake. Now Sir Peter has devised an adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm. As in Jean Seberg, masks abound, with the actors simulating Orwell...