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...tense rivalry between their respective coaches. Zmeskal is giggly and seems more inclined to listen than talk, but next to the admittedly shy Miller, whose tiny voice barely rises above a whisper, she is positively gregarious. Though both are 4-ft. 7-in. standouts, neither is a prima donna. Each enjoys a reputation for being "sweet" and "friendly," two words not used casually in the hypercompetitive world of gymnastics. Unlike the many gymnasts who must train far away from their families, Zmeskal and Miller work close to home, enabling both to enjoy the steadying influence of their parents...
...ahead of her country's other gymnasts that finding training partners has been a problem. "There was a year when I trained alone," says Hungary's Henrietta Onodi. "It was terrible." Her isolated, gutsy quest has won international renown. "She's got the hearts of everybody," says Donna Strauss, a U.S. coach...
...have for the umpteenth time two earnest parents (Kate Burton and Michael Brandon) who seem inordinately befuddled at the job of raising a family, and two teenagers who have little on their minds except sex. The show's attitudes are hip, but the plot twists are strictly Donna Reed: in one episode, Mom advises 14-year-old Jesse that he ought to be more frank in trying to woo his girlfriend. When he goes too far, the girl's father shows up on their doorstep and punches (who else?) Jesse's dad in the mouth. A laugh track tinkles wanly...
...like standard '50s entertainment fare, Far and Away is as wholesome the Donna Reed Show...
...many women really match this pitiable description? But if Heyn is right -- if, in fact, a large cross section of American wives suffer from Donna Reed syndrome -- the news here is not that women have extramarital affairs and feel good about their infidelities, as Heyn's fluid narrative suggests. Rather, the news is that after 30 years of battling to shore up women's self-esteem and break down entrenched sex roles, the feminist movement has achieved nothing. That women have learned nothing. That women still bask in a sense of worthlessness that sounds ominously like Betty Friedan's "problem...