Word: recordability
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...United Workers' Front, formed last year in 29 cities to oppose free-market reforms and defend fellow Russians against attacks by ethnic movements in far-flung Soviet republics. A construction worker with a high school education, he is a member of the Supreme Soviet and is on record as blaming the bureaucracy for the misery of workers' lives, food shortages, infant mortality and pollution. Conservatives have been attracted by his strong personality and persuasive public speaking. The Front claims that Gorbachev is dividing the society into rich and poor and that the workers are getting poorer. But the Front...
This week Navratilova, 33, begins what seems to be her last plausible quest to win the 106-year-old Wimbledon ladies' title for a record ninth time. If she does so, or if she loses in a fashion that convinces her that another victory is an impossible dream, many of her peers expect her to retire. Perhaps she will linger a season or so to surpass her longtime rival Chris Evert's record total victories in matches (1,309) and tournaments (157). But in 1985, after winning Wimbledon over Evert, Navratilova said, "Whenever she retires, I'm sure...
Navratilova was voted by U.S. newspaper editors as the outstanding woman in any sport of the '80s, and her record 74 consecutive victories in singles and 109 straight in doubles ensure a place in history. She has earned tens of millions of dollars in endorsements, appearance fees at tournaments and exhibition matches, and prizes. What drives her is the desire to be the winningest ever at Wimbledon: "It is the thing I want to win more than anything else in the world. It has nothing to do with money. It's the best tournament...
Navratilova's once and future countryman Lendl is similarly closing in on Jimmy Connors' record for most tournaments won. He already holds records for prize money won in a season, $2,334,367, and in a career, $16,282,293. But the only goal he speaks of with affection is to win Wimbledon for the first time. To achieve that, he has invested ten weeks in unpaid practice on grass courts on three continents. He wants to become the fifth man ever, and the first in more than two decades, to complete a career Grand Slam. (Wimbledon and the Australian...
Even if he doesn't, Bush might yet succeed by indirection. Just by wooing blacks, Bush has thrown Democrats off-balance and defused some of the anti- Republican fury that fueled record Democratic turnouts by blacks in 1986 and 1988. Moreover, by reversing the G.O.P.'s long-standing whites-only image, Bush's black offensive has also strengthened his appeal to young, affluent voters. Says a White House aide: "If nothing else, you cut off other lines of attack...