Word: ben
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prerequisite to getting around. For everybody on the street, every day is a competition." One national trait troubles him: "People in the U.S. tend to value a sport or a sportsman exactly according to how much money is involved. In adjacent arenas, if Carl Lewis and Ben Johnson were running for a $1,000 prize, and six monkeys were racing for $10 million, which place do you think would be filled? Honestly, if Jesse Owens and Jim Thorpe were around today, I wonder if as many people would have heard of them...
...ought to have side- whiskers introduces his grandson and retells his favorite Muirfield tale of the day Watson both won the 1980 Open and was kicked off the course. With authentic old niblicks and featheries, he had gone back out after hours in the company of the historian Ben Crenshaw, only for a hole or two, to cement his memory. The club secretary, Paddy Hamner, dragged them off by the ears. "But, of course," the grandfather says, "you're on that same sort of mission, aren't you? You're on your way to St. Andrews...
...included Actress Helen Hayes, 87; Presidential Crony and Crooner Frank Sinatra, 72; Bandleader Lionel Hampton, 75; and Charlton Heston, 64. In keeping with the host city's culinary tastes, the kitchen at Heston's hotel prepared a little something for his arrival. The actor, who played a slave in Ben Hur, entered his room to be greeted by a 3- ft.-high statue of a chariot, sculpted entirely out of tallow...
...remote island in the Adriatic, the film's plot centers on Pascali (Ben Kingsley), a part Turkish eccentric and informer for the Sultan who agrees to translate for Mr. Bowles, a visiting archaeologist (Charles Dance.) Bowles makes his living by obtaining a lease on land, then tricking its owners into buying it back at an exorbitant price. But this time, he really finds something on the property and refuses to sell it back when the Pasha who owns it gets suspicious. Pascali as the interpreter, is held repsonsible, and he finds himself in a bit of a bind...
...shortage of things for Carl Lewis to think about. The sprinter and long jumper who racked up four golds in Los Angeles will certainly compete again in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter, the long jump and the 4 X 100- meter relay. Then there is the competition: Ben Johnson, the Jamaican turned ) Canadian speedster, has taken a little wind out of Lewis' sleek sails, winning their last five matchups in the 100, including a historic race in Rome in which he set the current world record of 9.83 sec. And finally, there is the old problem, the image...