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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...