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Scoring at the meet stayed more than usual within the confines of the "safe" four throug six range, a fact which makes Stone's feat of moving up in the last three dives of both events even more impressive. She qualified 12th for the one-meter and 11th for the three-meter event...
...wild celebration ensued--sticks flying, flags waving--as the final buzzer marked this country's most spectacular hockey feat since another bunch of unknowns pulled in a gold 20 years ago at Squaw Valley, Calif. But there was no joy in Moscow: the Soviet Union, heavy favorites until the upset by the United States Friday night, were left with the silver...
...from Austria's lovely Ziller Valley, had severely injured his shoulder in December while training for the World Cup, and went to Lake Placid as a substitute. But in practice runs at Whiteface, Stock clocked the best time for all racers on the first day, then repeated the feat the second day. Team officials met and settled upon a fratricidal little rite of natural selection. Stock and Weirather had made the team, but the three other racers would have to fight for the remaining two slots by making one more training run down Whiteface. Officials turned down a proposal...
...sanctions and offered only rhetoric against Iran, Canada had literally come to the rescue. In Detroit, billboards facing Canada suddenly sprouted Canadian maple leaves and appreciative messages like THANK YOU, CANADA. The Canadian embassy switchboard in Washington was overwhelmed by Americans wishing to convey warm sentiments: "Brilliant move." "Courageous feat." "Well done." In Fergus Falls, Minn., Radio Station KBRF got an enthusiastic response to its suggestion that listeners send I LOVE YOU valentine messages to Flora MacDonald, Canada's Secretary of State for External Affairs, who, as her nation's top diplomat, had proudly confirmed the rescue story...
Life grows ever more complicated. Now it seems that the old song notwithstanding, it is impossible to be just a gigolo. This curious little movie actually persuades one to believe that male hustlers have feelings, problems and pain just like everyone else. That is no small feat, considering the attitudes one tends to bring to an examination of a gigolo's life and hard times...