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From the beginning, the idea was to make the biggest, costliest and most widely seen sports spectacular in history an "intimate affair." It seems an improbable feat, but the organizers of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich were resolved to resist "gargantuism," to emphasize the "human scale," and to build an "anti-monument sports complex" in a green setting with a "minimum of travel." Most important for a community that other Germans call "Weltstadt mit Herz" (Metropolis with a Heart) there must be a "touch of gaiety in the air." The goal, says Willi Daume, president of the German Olympic...
...impose itself upon the budgets, staffs or even programs of the various agencies. One answer, in some minds, is to begin to centralize a good many U.N. functions, perhaps even working toward a common budget, but that would mean taking back what has already been handed out-a political feat anywhere. Should Geneva become too cumbersome, however, U.N. officials are now working on another possible solution: the creation of another complex of scientific and technological agencies in Vienna...
...President. "This isn't the Nixon of the '50s. Jews have heard Hubert Humphrey talking about arms reductions for 20 years. But who gets the SALT talks going? Richard Nixon." If Richard Nixon can also win a solid chunk of the Jewish vote, it will be a feat scarcely less audacious-or less significant for American politics-than meeting Chou for dinner...
...fine country rock guitarist, a genre which demands special talents, particularly the ability to refrain from holding each note, blues style. His work on "Good Feeling," the band's most recent single, was excellent, remaining in the upper register of his instrument, but neither repetitive nor boring--a considerable feat considering the rock guitarist's preoccupation with high notes. With him, "C'mon," once a country-styled, light opening tune, becomes slower, much more chord-oriented, in short, more rock 'n' roll...
...veteran circus lion who earned nomination as 1972's National Father of the Year; after a brief illness; in Laguna Hills, Calif. Despite advancing age and a lengthy layoff from circus duties, Frasier returned to show business by fathering 35 lion cubs in an 18-month period. The feat won accolades from a legion of senior citizens, who adopted him as their mascot, and a lion's share of royalties for his owners, Lion Country Safari, Inc., from Frasier T shirts, watches and barbecue aprons...