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...method proved a lifesaver to brothers Lame and Glen Selby of Caspar, Wyo, who were burned after they playfully painted their bodies, tried to remove the paint with a solvent and then came into contact with a flame...
...standing by to light the Olympic flame," he told me, "in case they chose me." Abdel Kaber, the Moroccan aide who has been with him recently, whispered that the champ had not even been invited to the opening ceremonies. Phone calls were made on his behalf, but it was too late. Nothing could be done, apparently...
...Juanita Hollands, 38, a bookkeeper at Radio Shack, the fever arrived with the flame. "It didn't seem real to me until I saw the torch," she said from her place in a ticket line. "Now I want to go to every event." It seemed that the only lines in town were for Olympic tickets; officials said they had already surpassed their $90 million projection by $30 million, and that sales were at 80%, compared with 62% in Montreal...
...hour time slot. No matter how well ABC's Olympics coverage does in the ratings (which have been excellent so far), the disarray in the network's daytime schedule could have a lasting and damaging effect. The nail-biting question that programmers face: Once the Olympic flame has been extinguished and the last gold medals awarded, will ABC's soap fans tune in again...
...heritage conditioned by distinctive language, customs and geography. This haze of individuality is burned off by the heat of competition; swimmers, runners, jumpers, gymnasts, all of them, doing what they do best, can come to seem alike. That homogeneity defines, in large measure, the Olympic ideal. But the flame feeds on man's diversities as well as similarities. In this portfolio of photographs, TIME portrays some of the men and women who will be competing in Los Angeles. To see them in the places where they have grown is to recognize both a universal quest for excellence and the sustaining...