Word: fastest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...engineering machine with the simple congeniality of a personal computer. It will be sold, at least initially, only to colleges and universities. But by all accounts, Jobs has his eye on a much larger prize: the $3.6 billion market for high-powered workstations that represents the fastest-growing segment of the computer industry...
...spell (if it's 1983, this must be China), this, without question, is the time of Thailand. Suddenly, faraway once-upon-a-time Siam has become the hottest destination in the world. In the past ten years, the number of tourists has tripled. Not coincidentally, the country boasts the fastest-growing economy in Southeast Asia, itself the fastest-growing area in the world. Last year, to celebrate the 60th birthday of the revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the government enticed, with elegant ads and well-phrased brochures, a record 3.5 million tourists to the kingdom. This year the number promises...
...Medical Commission, and he then checked to determine whose sample it was, for it was identified only by number. Frantic meetings ensued, and a second portion of the original sample, which had been stored in a locked refrigerator, was tested. The results were the same: Ben Johnson, the fastest man on earth, had cheated...
...shot put. But much of the shock is a by-product of the fascination with the 100-meter dash. That most elemental, primordial event is run, at least in the mind, by almost every child on earth, and its Olympic champion occupies a place of honor as the fastest man alive. He is the heir of Harold Abrahams of Chariots of Fire fame, of Jesse Owens, Bob Hayes and Carl Lewis. What other betrayal could mean as much...
...Johnson, the world' s fastest human, becomes sport' s most famous steroid abuser, pumping up suspicions of widespread drug abuse. -- Led by Flo- Jo' s joyous medal romp, the athletes run, jump, dunk and slam their way through a picturesque final week of records set and favorites upset. -- One man' s answer to why TV sees less than the eye of the beholder...