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...with a weekend that saw excellence both extended and ended. The world's best woman athlete, American Jackie Joyner-Kersee, piled up 7,291 points in the heptathlon to break her own world record and win Olympic gold. Ben Johnson of Canada once again proved that he is the fastest man on earth by setting a new world record of 9.79 in the 100 meters. Florence Griffith Joyner won going away in the women's 100 meters. But Edwin Moses, heavily favored in the 400-meter hurdles, ran a poor third and lost his grip on a sport that...
...workforce. Both husband and wife hold jobs in 57% of U.S. couples with children, up from 43% in 1978. In 1950 only 12% of mothers with children under six years old worked outside the home; more than 57% do so now. Over the past ten years, in fact, the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. labor force has been mothers of children younger than three years old. More than half of these women have jobs today, up from a third...
...child-care problem grows, so does the burden of caring for the elderly. Americans who are 75 or older are the fastest-growing segment of the population. Sociologists have dubbed today's workers the "sandwich generation" -- a put-upon group that has to attend to children on one side and parents on the other. Says Robert Beck, executive vice president for corporate human resources at Bank of America: "The focus may be on child care now, but elder care will become the critical issue of the future...
...meter breaststroke, and did. Big Matt Biondi finally won his first gold by anchoring the U.S. 4 X 200-meter freestyle relay team to a world-record win in the best race of the week, roaring up from behind to beat Steffen Zesner of East Germany with the fastest 200-meter leg ever swum, as teammates Troy Dalbey, Matt Cetlinski and Doug Gjertsen bayed to the rafters at poolside. But before that, he finished third . in the 200-meter freestyle, behind Australian Duncan Armstrong and Swede Anders Holmertz, and then was just touched out (and so thoroughly flummoxed that...
...world' s expectations are routinely exceeded: in the 100- meter race, the world' s fastest man, Ben Johnson, runs faster still, while Jackie Joyner- Kersee sets a new heptathlon mark. -- Greg Louganis shows that divinity can withstand a bump on the head, and swimming records fall like raindrops. -- In gymnastics, the Soviets present a breathtaking display of amazing grace...