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...emotion and brio to the game, and Chris Evert, whose legacy includes killer concentration and the two-fisted backhand. Navratilova's gifts may be even more significant. She elevated serve and volley tactics to a higher level on the women's tour and made it fashionable for women to display muscle tone. Even traditionalist Evert began to pump iron after Martina showed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPORT: Last Waltz At Wimbledon | 7/11/1994 | See Source »

...Stich and Edberg may be gone, but as Wimbledon moves through its final week, Gangji and the other 359 umpires employed by the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club for the tournament stoically march through the draw. Underpaid and often abused by the churlish multimillionaires they judge, umpires must display the probity of a Supreme Court Justice, the acuity of a marksman and the patience of a marriage counselor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Seat at Wimbledon: Judge, Jury and Shrink | 7/4/1994 | See Source »

This week artifacts from the tombs go on display in New York City's American Museum of Natural History, along with a full-size reproduction of the burial site of a ruler called the Warrior Priest, or the Lord of Sipan. The wealth of information gained from the tombs' contents outshines the dazzling finds. Says archaeologist Walter Alva, director of the Museo Nacional Bruning de Lambayeque, who has overseen the excavation since the first days: "Sipan's importance for science transcends the glitter of the gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golden Wonder | 6/27/1994 | See Source »

...even greater revelations. Archaeologists are finding clues about the life of ordinary people by uncovering foundations of houses, determining their size and the location of doors and hearths. In 1995, after completing a tour of five American museums, the contents of the royal tombs will go on permanent display in the Bruning museum, where a specially constructed $800,000 wing will be financed partly by proceeds from the U.S. tour. It is not inconceivable that Sipan will someday rival Machu Picchu as a destination for scholars and tourists. From the shadows of the past, Sipan's Lord will have returned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golden Wonder | 6/27/1994 | See Source »

...Monday the national legislature was declared open, but nobody showed up. On Wednesday the regime attempted to stage a show of force that quickly turned to farce as nervous soldiers goose-stepped in ragged fashion around the presidential palace to the sound of wheezing clarinets. The display served only to block traffic and remind onlookers how woefully the island's defenders are trained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: Pushed to The Edge | 6/27/1994 | See Source »

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