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The luge and bobsled seem to attract the largest number of Olympic eccentrics, many of whom have found the open-minded governing bylaw about nationality conveniently accommodating. For New Yorker George Tucker, a physicist born in Puerto Rico, Calgary actually offered a chance to improve. At his Sarajevo debut in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: The Jests of the Rest | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

The lugers are all seasoned veterans compared with the Jamaican bobsled team, which first put a sled into a starting chute only four months ago. In Calgary the Jamaicans may well win the gold medal for marketing chutzpah. Their T shirts sell for $15, their sweat shirts for $28. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: The Jests of the Rest | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

That put only a temporary damper on the party being thrown by the athletic % underclass. Most were even making plans for 1992 and beyond. "I've got at least two more Olympics in me," declares Gonzalez. Fellow Luger Tucker is also future-gazing. "Maybe," he says, "it's time to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: The Jests of the Rest | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

And with no others. Having guaranteed exclusivity, O.C.O. has been keeping its promise with all the ferocity, and discrimination, of a hurtling bobsled -- suing or threatening to sue anybody suspected of misusing the word Olympic or 217 different logos and trademarks. Charging an infringement of its licensing rights to the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: The Olympian Games That Companies Play | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

Out of sight will be the largest control room (1,000 sq. ft., 100 TV monitors) ever put together in North America, and that facility is matched by a second fully manned control room on backup in case of failures. Virtually every phone line and broadcast system also has a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic Preview: The Living Room Games, Up Close and Personal | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

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