Author: Edward HartPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The Hill Shepherd
Author: Edward HartDisqualified
Author: Eddie HartPublisher: Black Squirrel Books, a trade
ISBN: 9781606353127
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Having previously tied the world record, Eddie Hart was a strong favorite to win the 100-meter dash at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. Then the inexplicable happened: he was disqualified after arriving seconds late for a quarterfinal heat. Ten years of training to become the "World's Fastest Human," the title attached to an Olympic 100-meter champion, was lost in a heartbeat. But who was to blame? Hart's disappointment, though excruciating, was just one of many subplots to the most tragic of Olympic Games, at which eight Arab terrorists assassinated eleven Israeli athletes and coaches as the world watched in horror. Five terrorists were killed, but three escaped to their homeland as heroes and were never brought to trial. Swimmer Mark Spitz won seven gold medals but was rushed out of Germany afterward because he was Jewish. Other American athletes, besides Hart, seemed jinxed in Munich. The USA men's basketball team thought it had earned the gold medal, but the Russians received it instead through an unprecedented technicality. Bob Seagren, the defending pole vault champion, was barred from using his poles and forced to compete with unfamiliar poles. And swimmer Rick DeMont lost one gold medal and the possibility of winning a second because of an allergy drug that had passed U.S. Olympic Committee specifications but was disallowed by the International Olympic Committee. It was that kind of Olympics, confusing to some, fatal to others. Hart traveled back to Munich forty-three years later to relive his utter disappointment. He returned to the same stadium where he did earn a gold medal in the 400-meter relay. In Disqualified, his interesting life story, told with author Dave Newhouse, sheds entirely new light on what really happened at Munich. It includes interviews with Spitz and the victimized American athletes and conversations with two Israelis who escaped the terrorists. And Hart finally learned who was responsible for his disqualifications and those of Rey Robinson, who was in the same heat, leading to an interesting epilogue in which these two seniors reflect on the opportunity denied them long ago.
The Boundaries of Her Body
Author: Debran RowlandPublisher: SphinxLegal
ISBN: 1572483687
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Examines the legal status and rights of women in the United States throughoutistory.
Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Reserve Officers on Active Duty
Author: Bibliography on the History of Chemistry and Chemical Technology. 17th to the 19th Century
Author: Valentin WehefritzPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110974207
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1784
Book Description
New York Supreme Court Appellate Division-Second Department
Author: Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790 ...: New York
Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Congressional Record
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1318
Book Description
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Lineal List of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Marine Corps Reserve
Author: United States. Marine CorpsPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Author: