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Clearly, neither George nor Cornelia was about to clear up the many unanswered questions. Unlike the former holder of the century's most famous tapes, Wallace was apparently determined not to be embarrassed by anything on the recordings. The tapes, he revealed, "are no longer in existence...
...said for what happened at La Scala's first night in Washington. The audience filed into the Kennedy Center Opera House to find the pit raised to the level of the stage. "I've never seen that before," said an usher in response to a ticket holder's question. No one had. The pit had been elevated for a rehearsal that afternoon and the hydraulic lift had stuck. While the audience-including Vice President and Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller and Mrs. Giovanni Leone, the wife of Italy's President-waited, stagehands lowered the pit by hand cranks...
...They were all contestants in Cosmorama, a Screwball Olympics held in Lingfield, England, where the equivalent of a gold was winning an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records. The show's Bruce Jenner was Tory Roy Hatter, 25, vice chairman of the Young Conservatives and new holder of the world record for nonstop political speeches-29 hr. 12 min. 30 sec. of peroration on codfishing, women's rights and other matters. "Like most politicians," gasped Hatter after his champion performance, "I like to get my name in print." Said a Guinness spokesman sagely: "Mr. Hatter should...
Russia's Valery Borzov, 26, the defending champion in the 100 meters, had the opposite problem-plenty of pacemakers. After flirting with withdrawal, Jamaica decided to keep its engagement in Montreal, leaving Don Quarrie, a current world record holder, in the race. In, too, was Trinidad's Hasely Crawford, 25, who won the 100-yard dash for Eastern Michigan University in last year's NCAA Championships. And stalking Borzov most obviously was Harvey Glance, a 19-year-old freshman from Auburn University. Glance won Friday's heat with the day's fastest time...
...Olympics I hope to be competing as an American." Added a coach: "If my boys wanted to play politics, they would run for Parliament. To wreck their sporting careers for petty political points is not only unfair-it is criminal." Lamented Tanzania's great Filbert Bayi, world record holder in the 1,500 meters: "Four years of hard work have been wasted...