Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...field medals between them, leaving only scrap iron for the satellites of sport. The victors' list last week read like a Rand McNally index, with 13 nations sharing the 23 gold medals (a division of spoils that might have been even wider had the Africans been competing). Mexico, Cuba and Trinidad fielded their first champions, and Guy Drut brought France its only gold since 1956 when he popped over the last 110-meter hurdle like a champagne cork at a Paris party. Hungary heard its anthem played; and so did Sweden, Finland and Jamaica. New Zealand got its totally...
...runners dominated the track events, giving their foes double trouble. One was a horse: Cuba's 6-ft. 3-in., 185-lb. Alberto Juantorena. The other, a wraith: Finland's 5-ft. 11-in., 132-lb. Lasse Viren. Between them they not only took four gold medals, they wrote unprecedented achievements into the record book...
...race may not take 10 seconds, but at stake will be the title of World's Fastest Human. Three men in the field have equaled the world record of 9.9: Cuba's Silvio Leonard, Jamaica's Don Quarrie and a U.S. surprise, Harvey Glance, 19, a diminutive (5 ft. 7 in.) Auburn University freshman who has never competed internationally. Says Glance of his Olympic chances: "I take pressure well." So does a fourth big figure in the field, Russia's Valeri Borzov, 26, the '72 gold medal winner who has recovered from a spring...
...largest migration of refugees from Communism to the U.S. has not involved East Europeans but Cubans, first the rich with their bank accounts and crated furniture, finally barefoot fishermen in tiny dinghies. Even now, with no direct transportation between Cuba and the U.S., some 300 refugees, many of them old and sick, fly to Madrid every week. There, usually living on charity, they have to wait at least three months, often much longer, while five harassed U.S. officials try to process their papers. (Foundry Operator Victor Valles Solan, who took off last week, had waited two years for clearance...
...never talk about Cuba now," he says. "I'm tired of revolution and politics. I don't want problems. I work. I make good money. No complaints. My two kids like it here. My little boy who is eleven hardly speaks Spanish. This country is different from any country in the world. Everybody is nice...