Word: borge
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...people outside politics who might be presidential. The exercise yielded a national total of only 21 names. Among them: two former astronauts, Frank Borman, president of Eastern Airlines, and Neil Armstrong, oil-equipment executive; Chairman Robert O. Anderson of Atlantic Richfield; Lee lacocca of Chrysler; James Bere of Borg-Warner; Thomas Wyman of CBS; President Hanna Gray, University of Chicago; Marvin Goldberger, Caltech; Bartlett Giamatti of Yale; and, inevitably, Walter Cronkite...
...pushes himself almost beyond endurance, and then triumphs. Instead of working out in a decrepit Philadelphia gym, Rocky now travels with Creed to work out in a decrepit L.A. gym. Instead of falling to the mat with his dazed opponent (as in Rockey II.) Balboa now assumes a Bjorn Borg-like thanking-the-heavens pose after victory...
...foreboding to conjecture how Borg will react if his appeal is rejected. Certainly, Borg's principal, and perhaps only, goal left in tennis is to win the U.S. Open, a title that has eluded him in the finals for the past two years. Face with a denial there, he would probably play the qualifying Wimbledon, for Borg, more an asterisk in the record books than a present challenge, is crucial as a tune-up for the September open classic in New York...
This is not to downgrade Wimbledon, still the most prestigious tournament in the world. But the U.S. Championships remains the Waterloo to Borg's tennis ego. If Wimbledon frustrates his comeback and his much-awaited struggle with destiny, the loss will surely be to the tennis community...
...verdict on the Borg case, then, can only be anticlimactic. Though a negative decision might taint the Borg legacy, his Wimbledon record and six French Open singles crowns assure him election into the Tennis Hall of Fame. Conceding to Borg's request would not jeopardize the legitimacy of the game--not from the perspective of his fellow competitors, or from that of the fans. In fact, Wimbledon should display flexibility and discretion by ruling in favor of Borg--if it has the courage or the conscience...