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...ring. The tightwire supports must waft amusingly into the ring. Now, precisely on cue, Antoine the wire walker plays a soothing tune on his oboe for his nervous partner Agathe. Off to the side, Hand Balancer Amelie Demay, 19, shows a younger girl how to do a handstand on the balance point of a teeterboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Pree-Senn-Ting The Circus of the Sun | 5/30/1988 | See Source »

Dooley was correct on most counts, except he wasn't counting on Palmer. "I walked in there and there was Vicki doing a handstand I couldn't believe it. If I didn't know it before. I knew it then women's athletics was different from men's If that had been a men's team, everyone would've been banging down the walls and had fire coming out of their nostrils...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: ALEX LIGHTFOOT and VICKI PALMER | 2/26/1983 | See Source »

...there's Vicki, doing a handstand in the middle of the locker room I lost it when I saw that. I had to walk out side and regain my composure," Dooley concludes...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: ALEX LIGHTFOOT and VICKI PALMER | 2/26/1983 | See Source »

...days after that now infamous handstand, Palmer joined Lightfoot as the squad's Co-Captain. That, she says, is one of her greatest memories of Harvard women's hockey...

Author: By Jeffrey A. Zucker, | Title: ALEX LIGHTFOOT and VICKI PALMER | 2/26/1983 | See Source »

...best, displaying not only solid technical skills but the flair and inventiveness that raise their sport to art. Conner's performance on the parallel bars was such a blend. Legs spread in a straddle position, he supported himself on one bar, pressed slowly up into a handstand - then shifted to a one-armed handstand. He was the only finalist even to attempt such a stunt. For making the difficult look easy, Conner earned a 9.90 score and a gold medal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Coming of Age in Fort Worth | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

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