Word: racquets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Kids no longer pick up a bat and ball, racquet or hockey stick, without having some vision of stardom. After all, with Michael Jordan's (new) number on their shirt and an overwhelming desire to "Be Like Mike," how could they not dream...
From the time that Capriati first stepped into the arena, she was compared with her coach's famous daughter. Even as a young tyke, Capriati sported the same clothing brand and racquet manufacturer as Evert...
Virtually form the minute Capriati emerged from her crib, her father thrust the tennis racquet into her hand, ready to take both his daughter and himself step-by-step down the road to fame and fortune. As a famous child, Capriati seemed oblivious to her surroundings. Yet one day, the fun and frolic of fame was likely to transform itself into a deeper commitment to her full-time...
...boxers and gave a rose to Professor [Mary T.] O'Rourke, saying that it was from her fans," said Abbas A. Hyderi '95-'96 of her Anthropology 136, "Diet, Nutrition and Human Growth" Tuesday lecture. "Then guys dressed in females' tennis clothes, one of them with a racquet, walked to the end of the classroom and back...
Gangji did not see a tennis court until he was 11. They were not in abundance on the island of Zanzibar, off the coast of East Africa, where he was born. He first took racquet in hand when sent to the Prince of Wales boarding school in Nairobi. But field hockey was his sport at the University of London, where he earned a Ph.D. in chemistry. Gangji first sat in an umpire's chair 20 years ago, when he was drafted for a match at his London club...