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...high bar, and then we'd say, 'O.K., we have to hit both of our routines perfect in order to win the Olympic gold medal.' We always laughed, because it seemed so unrealistic. And all of a sudden, we found ourselves in that exact situation. It was incredible." But not as incredible as how they lived out the dream. Daggett scored a 10 and Vidmar a 9.95 on the high bar to clinch a victory over the world champion Chinese team in the men's finals. It was a first for the men's team...
There were more people--132,938 to be exact--than had ever seen six games of soccer played in New England. There was a superb caliber of play--the best ever in Olympic competition and nearly World Cup level, according to one informed soccer expert...
...last chapter, reigning Miss America Vanessa Williams, a spirited 21 and going for the glory, got caught in some compromising positions. Ten of them, to be exact, to be published in Penthouse, a skin magazine with the luster of a no-wax floor. Officials of the Miss America Pageant, aghast, asked for her resignation. Williams said she would think about it over the weekend...
...Lewis heard of Beamon's jump then, it was not until Carl had turned ten that he took exact measure of the distance in his front yard, and thought, "This doesn't make sense. How could a human being do this?" He meant to find out. By 16, Lewis had old headlines pasted up on his bedroom wall, amended with his own name: CARL LEWIS, KING OF THE 27-FT. JUMPERS. From the age of two, he had grown up in Willingboro, where his parents had moved to avoid desegregation troubles in Birmingham and to pursue graduate studies and teaching...
...recession to a subsequent 2.8% rise hi deaths from heart attacks. Brenner found that a 3% decline in per capita income during the recession later caused 46,000 deaths from heart disease. Indeed, increased business failures were responsible for even more heart-disease fatalities - 95,680, to be exact...