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...mantle fell upon the tiny shoulders of Nadia Comaneci, who electrified the crowds and bollixed the computers by compiling the first perfect gymnastic scores. Performing her bold and difficult routines with consummate control, Comaneci (pronounced Com-a-netch) tallied three 10s in the team competition, two in the individual all-around contest, and two in the individual-apparatus competition-showings good enough to win her three gold medals, one silver and one bronze. Whether doing backflips on the beam or rocketing herself around the uneven bars, the deceptively frail-looking sprite (she watches her diet strictly-no junk food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OLYMPICS: The Games: Up in the Air | 8/2/1976 | See Source »

...Buddy (Bruce Cranston) they dance a nice soft shoe in a satirical love song, called "Easy to Please." Even the bumbling has been made into more interesting dance with Judith Haskell, who doubled as choreographer this year. Robert Peabody as Flo Gently, who incidentally comes off with the best all-around performance, does this difficult drunken-dance routine in "High Steppin' Lady," and later, with Preston Folded (Mark Kiely), they dance up a quiet little storm in the "Cold Turkey Trot" (one of the funniest numbers in the show...

Author: By Gregory F. Lawless, | Title: Guess You Had to Be There | 3/8/1976 | See Source »

...best, since each ski manufacturer makes a number of different lines. It may be that you'll do best by shopping the sales and taking the best buy. Nevertheless, all other things being equal, I'd have to say that K-2 skis are probably the best all-around skis available. Unlike some of the others, K-2 has maintained a high reputation for quality over a number of years; they have yet to put out a ski that is prone to breakage or just not up to snuff. In addition, K-2's new lines...

Author: By H. JEFFREY Leonard, | Title: Ski Areas in New England | 12/8/1975 | See Source »

Returning is the bulwark of the Big Red running game, bruising fullback Don Fanelli. Anyone who has seen the 215-lb. back perform in the last two years against the Crimson knows that Fanelli is probably the best all-around runner in the Ivy League...

Author: By Andrew P. Quigley, | Title: Harvard Meets Cornell Today | 10/18/1975 | See Source »

...about ten days, from March 20 to April 1, holding sessions which last until 10:30 p.m. Reardon described the sessions as a careful balancing of viewpoints on what would be the best class. "One thinks there aren't enough mathematicians, another thinks we don't have enough all-around kids, and another thinks musicians really get the shaft...

Author: By Audrey H. Ingber and Mark J. Penn, S | Title: The Admissions Process: Target Figures, Profiles, Political Admits... | 4/24/1975 | See Source »

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