The 18th IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held on March 24, 1990 in Aix-les-Bains, France.
Famous quotes containing the words world, cross and/or country:
“Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.”
—Anonymous. Popular saying.
Dating from World War I—when it was used by U.S. soldiers—or before, the saying was associated with nightclub hostess Texas Quinan in the 1920s. It was the title of a song recorded by Sophie Tucker in 1927, and of a Cole Porter musical in 1929.
“The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest.”
—Andy Warhol (1928–1987)