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Iranians traded pins with Iraqis in the Games, and in the final inning of the semifinal game between baseball's archrivals, Cuban first baseman Lourdes Gourriel -- on his way back to a bankrupt island -- wished American Phil Nevin every success in the major leagues. By week's end, all those who came were leaving with some such memento: with a large round weight around their necks, or a picture of themselves with Magic Johnson; with shaved heads or ruptured tendons. Barcelona has long been famous as a city of artists and laborers, a "city of marvels" where discipline and flight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Memories Great and Small | 8/17/1992 | See Source »

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