Word: australian
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...believes Conner's greatest growth since 1983 has been in his ability to get good people and allow himself to rely on them. Will his team win? Or will Parry and Murray's Kookaburra mates refuse to yield the Cup? As the racing began, most experts favored Conner, but Australian Skipper John Bertrand, who won the Cup in 1983, loyally picked Kookaburra, 4-3. Ronald Reagan and Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke could not stay out of the guessing game. In a phone call two weeks ago, the President offered the PM a "proposition on a matter of importance...
After two races against the Australian Kookaburra (a bush bird of prey sometimes called a "laughing jackass"), this game stood 2-0 for Conner in the best-of-seven final. Most depressing for the Australians, the lighter breezes they had prayed for all month materialized the first day, but the boat thought to be nimbler was outmaneuvered all the same. Winds that routinely topped 20 knots in the trials eased abruptly to eight or ten. Effectively the yachtsmen were back in Newport, R.I. Breaking neatly in front, Conner never rounded any buoy less than 40 seconds ahead...
...great speed advantage. He won because he was always in the right spot." Another well-fed skipper -- "Lard" to his mates -- Murray cuts a Dennis figure in several ways. As New York had shunned Conner, Murray was passed over by Perth Millionaire Alan Bond, the Cup's Australian guardian. Sailing for Business Rival Kevin Parry, Murray whacked Bond's Australia IV 5-0. "He even looks a little like me," says Conner. "He lost at the America's Cup last time too. He knows what it is to lose...
...Saturday, Hana Mandlikova of Czechoslovakia won her second Australian Open women's singles title and earned the fourth Grand Slam crown of her career, upsetting Martina Navratilova, the world's top-ranked player...
Stefan Edberg of Sweden held off a gritty comeback by Australian Pat Cash yesterday to win his second straight men's singles title in the $1.65 million Australian Open Tennis Championships and avenge one of his most painful defeats...