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Just as in recent Olympiads, women's gymnastics proved to be an electrifying spectacle. The leading lady was once again Nadia Comaneci, now 18, who four years ago won three gold medals and scored seven perfect 10s, including the first ever in Olympic competition...
...United States is undergoing a vast social transition have become clear enough that only the willfully blind would expect things to go on pretty much as usual. Having more has not made Americans happier; faith in the facile god of technology has come tumbling down, along with the DC-10s and Three Mile island and Skylab and military helicopters; America's position as the dominant economic and military power has dissolved; social problems have proven intractable no matter how huge the central government becomes; confidence in all major institutions is at a historic low; the mainline religious establishment...
...cheap fares are a carefully staged tactic to fill up World Airways' planes once again. A year ago, the line's cut-rate, $99 coast-to-coast flights were soaring at 80% capacity, when the grounding of all DC-10s after the American Airlines crash in Chicago idled its cross-country fleet. As soon as the DC-10s were again cleared for takeoff, the line was hit by a four-month strike of pilots, mechanics and stewardesses demanding higher pay. Since World finally got back in the air last January, an average of only 17% of its seats...
...influx of new faces will be most visible in the breaststrokes and the 200-yd. I.M. Barrett won all three events at the PAC-10s; SMU freshman Steve Lundquist holds the American records in both breaststrokes and once set a world record in the 200-meter I.M.; and Scott Spann, a 1978 NCAA double winner (I.M. and 100-yd. breast) before transferring to Texas, all may rate as favorites. In addition, rookies John Simons (Stanford) and David Lundberg (Harvard) are coming off great long-course seasons and could challenge in any or all of these events...
During the week new cracks were found in DC-10s operated by United Continental and Trans International Airlines, but were judged not dangerous by FAA inspectors. Some cracks also turned up in another jumbo jet, a Boeing 747 operated by Pan American. These too were considered by FAA investigators to be not critical, and no reason for grounding the nation's commercial fleet of 121 Boeing 747s...