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...Joan Miro sculpture towers over Barcelona's Parc de l'Escorxador, its riotous colors glinting in the sun. Around it, grandmothers in sneakers, stocky shopkeepers and children in starched frocks join hands. A brass band brays for a slow-motion minuet. Toes out! Toes in! Deliberately, then merrily, 500 people count steps. The sardanas are courtly affairs, far removed from the stomping passion of Spanish flamenco. Under the Franco dictatorship, the dances were banned as subversive evidence of Catalan nationalism. But now, on Sunday afternoons, they are as ubiquitous as barbershop quartets at Iowa county fairs. "They're a sign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: The Most Dynamic City in Europe? | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

Sharis has already decided to defer his admittance to Columbia Medical School by one year and, if all goes right, the Crimson oarsman will defer one more year while he prepares to represent the United States in the 1992 Olympics at Barcelona, Spain...

Author: By Frederik W. Geiersbach, | Title: From Novice Rower to Stalwart of the Nation's Best Crew | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

...what are the odds you're going to be in Barcelona...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mark Spitz: Testing The Limits Of Middle Age | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

...back in the swim as a contender for the Games in Barcelona...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: May 21, 1990 | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

Both Mary and Betsy have been invited to try out for the U.S. national team this summer, and both have aspirations to compete in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...

Author: By Lori J. Lakin, | Title: Double the Skill and Success | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

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