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Borg's smashing 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 win brought him his third straight Wimbledon title, a feat last achieved by Fred Perry in the mid-1930s. It also brought the score in the six-year Borg-Connors rivalry, which has produced some of the most thrilling tennis ever, to six matches for the unflappable Swede against eight for the stormy American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Swedish-Czech Coronation | 7/17/1978 | See Source »

Naomi James, 29, a native of New Zealand, made the voyage in 272 days aboard the Express Crusader, accompanied by her kitten Boris and a stack of Rod Stewart tape recordings. Upon hearing about her feat, Explorer Tristan Jones, who has circumnavigated the globe three times, urged club officials to wire congratulations to James. When they refused, he huffily withdrew his application for membership and denounced the members as "bloody old fogies who've gone around the world once in a steamer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Men of Good Stature' | 6/26/1978 | See Source »

Nyiregyházi drifted to Hollywood, where for two years he sight-read orchestral scores submitted to United Artists as music for movies. It was a feat few pianists could equal, since it involved reading ten or so musical lines simultaneously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Nine Wives and 700 Works Later | 5/29/1978 | See Source »

This is a pretty amazing feat, when you consider the fact that participation points are taken away from 'Throp teams on which Rich DeBodo coaches...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: A Cold Draft for Curry | 5/5/1978 | See Source »

...Christie Brown, are lavish, lovely creations. John Magouin's sets are equally pleasing. The somber Murgatroyd castle lurking behind Magouin's pretty village scene is an especially inspired touch. Musical director Richard Hoffman deserves credit for a minor miracle: the orchestra nearly perfectly accompanies the singers--quite a feat considering the Agassiz's notoriously miserable acoustics...

Author: By Troy Segal, | Title: Bloody Good G&S | 4/27/1978 | See Source »

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