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...just by myself." Now only the relay separated him from Owens, and Lewis appeared ready to go all out. "I have three guys that are unparalleled in front of me." Though early-round understudies are permissible in the relay, he staffed every round. "If anyone drops the baton," Tellez said, "he wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: What It Was About | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

...baton passed smartly from Sam Graddy to Ron Brown to Calvin Smith, whose only role in the Olympics was this 100-meter leg. Smith's famous early burst won the lead, and Lewis' 8.94 split topped off the first world record of the Olympic track meet: 37.83. Lewis' sister Carol, who had failed to make the finals in the women's long jump, greeted him with a bouquet and a heart-shaped balloon-hearts and flowers. "This has been the time of my life," he said. "I'm tired emotionally and physically. The world record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: What It Was About | 8/20/1984 | See Source »

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Doyle Conner was attending a meeting of Southern farm officials in Baton Rouge, La., last week when he got the news. He left immediately for Miami. There, in a sour-orange tree in the backyard of a home in the Little Havana district, a state agriculture inspector had discovered one female and three male Mediterranean fruit flies in a trap. The medfly, as it is known, is a dreaded pest that could devastate Florida's billion-dollar citrus and vegetable industry if allowed to spread. Said Conner: "We're very concerned. This is obviously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Invasion of Florida | 7/2/1984 | See Source »

...talk through rehearsals. Last week, after one of his own works was greeted by surreptitious hisses at a run-through, Williams finally decided that enough was enough. The conductor-composer, whose most recent score was for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, will turn in his Pops baton at the end of the summer concert series. Applicants for the podium may want to bring along Indiana's bullwhip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 25, 1984 | 6/25/1984 | See Source »

...time Zappers who fear that the long-haired composer is about to change his record label to Deutsche Grammophon have nothing to fear. Says the mangy maestro: "I still enjoy making rock-'n'-roll records, and I have no intention of getting a tuxedo or a baton grafted onto my body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 18, 1984 | 6/18/1984 | See Source »

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