Word: antonios
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Vatican, however, has decided to press the issue. At Rome's instruction, Nicaraguan Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega last week reported that he has asked three of the priests to decide be tween their jobs and the priesthood in accordance with canon...
...still floating. That feeling will fade but the memory of the Games will always come alive again." Regarding a permanent site for the Olympics, some proponents of that old idea are smiling and saying that they may have a new alternative to Greece. International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch did not get into that, but he did observe that baseball is the Olympic sport he would be in favor of adding next. Ueberroth seemed to agree. -By Tom Callahan...
...course, all the speculation proved pointless. The American women beat their opponents by an average margin of 33; the men by 32. Even the scores did not fully convey the sense of hopelessness with which the other teams went onto the court. Coach Antonio Diaz-Miguel of Spain, whose men's team lost by 101-68 in a preliminary game and by 96-65 for the gold medal, predicted from the outset that the U.S. men would not lose a game. Said he: "American basketball is 50 years ahead of other countries, and I think no one will ever...
Mondale and Ferraro won their most exuberant reception in Austin, where 10,000 flag-waving people gathered at the state capitol. In San Antonio, Mayor Henry Cisneros hailed Ferraro as "family." Her reply: "Gracias, Primo Enrique [Cousin Henry...
...tilt of ABC's coverage irritated athletes and coaches from other countries, many of whom did not realize that their fans at home were seeing a different report. On their behalf, International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch formally protested to Chief Organizer Peter Ueberroth, but later retracted after closed-door bargaining. In a statement, the I.O.C. expressed "its satisfaction with ABC . . . and felt that international broadcasters had received appropriate coverage." In the sports that ABC has not highlighted in prime time, when attracting an audience is most urgent, coverage has tended to be a little more balanced. Boxing...