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...play at being kids again. They begin by sneaking around the back of the Olympic stadium just before the opening ceremonies, to get close-ups of the athletes, out of line and out of synch, as they prepare to march in, an Englishman sporting his I SPEAK ENGLISH button (ah, that British irony!), the Jamaicans holding their heads high while across the world their island was being laid waste by Hurricane Gilbert. They continue at the Han River festival, where an American pulls off a major upset in an ineffable local version of bingo, in an area in which ruddy...
...Ah, to be a freshman again. An entire year with nothing to do except sample the privileges of being an adult without the responsibilities. A chance to major in chemistry but dabble in art history, to try out for intramural water polo, to sing Cole Porter fight songs at the football game, to meet the diverse and intriguing group of people that high school and summer camp never quite delivered. Frat parties, water fights and spring in Daytona Beach. Through that gauzy nostalgic haze, many college graduates remember all the glories of freshman year, and problems no more weighty than...
...Ah, summer. Time for Soviet workers weary from the rigors of perestroika to enjoy the sun and surf at their favorite beaches. This year, however, Soviet vacationers received a rude shock: from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, ; signs warned bathers to swim at their own risk because the water was polluted...
...Link's AH-64 Apache helicopter simulator, perhaps the world's most sophisticated, combines mock flight with battle effects so realistic that a visitor needs security clearance to ride it. When a trainee is struck by enemy fire, he actually feels the hit. Indeed, the simulation can be dangerously % realistic. "We had to turn this one down," says Ray McCabe, flight- simulation supervisor at the Army's Fort Bragg. "We had a lot of guys lose teeth or have their nose broken from the impact...
...Ah, Queensland, beautiful one day, perfect the next," burbles a middle-aged vacationer in a tourist ad for the state in northeastern Australia that has one of the country's most glorious coastlines. In a version written by Australian Comic Gerry Connolly for a TV comedy show, a beaming Japanese businessman delivers the punch line, "Ah, Queensland, beautiful one day, Japanese the next...