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Dates: during 1970-1979
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If the U.S. star is rising, Japan's fortunes seem on the wane. For 20 years they had dominated men's gymnastics so completely - winning every Olympic and world championship team gold medal since 1960- that many of the difficult tricks bear the names of the Japanese gymnasts...

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

The women's team competition turned into a struggle between the Soviets, the defending champions, and the Rumanians, who got limited help from Nadia Comaneci. Four years older and 2 in. taller than she was at the Montreal Olympics, when she scored her seven perfect "tens" and won four...

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

The happiest surprise of the championships was the return of the Chinese. They had not competed in the world championships or Olympics since 1962, and, in a sport in which yesterday's supertrick is today's ordinary item, they were not expected to stir much attention. Chinese Men...

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

While there are some amusing moments in 1941, there is none of the spontaneity that makes for fun. The movie's premise is as overblown as its execution. 1941 seems to be composed of ill-matched parts of The Russians Are Coming, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bombs Bursting in Air | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Since Spielberg gives each actor the same small amount of screen time, the audience has no one to root for, and the stars have few chances to make a strong impression. Often the frothiest bits, such as the doubleentendre courtship of a secretary (Nancy Allen) and a young soldier (Tim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bombs Bursting in Air | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

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