Word: juggernauts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sooner had 500 journalists written stories beginning "Thank heaven for little girls . . ." than the entire U.S. women's swimming team retired to study for their driver's licenses. But in short order, pools were filled with a new generation of water sprites, and America's junior high school swimming juggernaut splashed relentlessly on: five of seven gold medals in the Rome Games of 1960; six of eight at Tokyo in 1964; eleven of 14 in the 1968 Mexico City Olympiad; eight of 14 at Munich...
...estimated one billion television viewers--that's 400 million more than watched the moon landing in 1969--looked on as Argentina goalkeeper Fillol frustrated the "clockwork orange" Dutch scoring juggernaut, and Argentina striker Mario Kempes provided most of the offense with two brilliant goals...
...winds forced movement of the course to the end of Lake Onondaga and a channel in front of the Syracuse boathouse. The rowers huddled against the bitter cold before the race but at the gun the Harvard juggernaut cut a swath through the choppy waters and never looked back...
These are the days of the disco juggernaut and the electronic blip. No longer can you go to Jamson's Nook in San Francisco and hear the players ball their twisted soul-horns into the night...
...Crimson's sports extra that day ran the headline, "Mighty blue juggernaut tears through Crimson defense for smashing victory--Eli machine reaches acme of strength--visitors stage triumphant snake dance...