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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Christian Okoye had never seen an American football game before 1982. When he did see one, he didn't much like it. The elongated shape of the ball seemed peculiar. He found the repeated stops and starts boring and confusing. Worse, he felt the frequent substitutions from the sidelines robbed the game of the natural flow that is the glory of soccer, his consuming passion since grade school...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Kansas City's Gentle Giant | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...these days with banners proclaiming OKOYE COUNTRY. Thanks in large part to Okoye's heroics, the 7-6-1 Chiefs have a shot at the play-offs that begin Dec. 31. "That would be nice," says Okoye, who gives startling meaning to the term humble giant. "I like to see happiness in the locker room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Kansas City's Gentle Giant | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

When Mandela speaks with visitors, Swart sits in the next room, positioned so that he sees Mandela but the guests cannot see Swart. Guests must leave before 4 p.m., when Swart goes off duty. From then until 7 the next morning, South Africa's most famous prisoner is alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lunch With Nelson | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...come see me," snapped Gorbachev. "I'll give you three files with thousands of such cables...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Face-Off on Reform | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...temperatures as low as -43 degrees C (-45 degrees F) and wind chill of -79 degrees C (-110 degrees F) kept the team tent-bound for 13 days. Said Steger when he reached the Patriot Hills campsite in early November: "There were some pretty black moments when I could see the desperation of other explorers like Scott." The British adventurer and his party perished of cold and hunger after reaching the South Pole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: To The South Pole by Sled | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

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