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...Folkestone, was put on the block at Sotheby's. That modest assessment came from the previous owner, the late Kenneth Clark of Civilisation fame. Others apparently agreed: the painting was sold to an anonymous individual for $10 million and change, $3 million more than for the previous record holder, also a Turner. Lord Clark's estate had offered the treasure to the National Gallery of Scotland for a mere $3 million or so, but the museum pleaded poverty...
...world's second-ranked 400 hurdler, who happened to have a head cold and finished fourth. After the race, Phillips chucked his shoes into the infield in disgust. He had been doing well. "He's running 48 seconds," Moses said. "It's tough." American Heptathlon Record Holder Jane Frederick inexplicably failed at the high jump and was out. The 800 meters had two unexpected casualties: Don Paige and James Robinson. There is a quadrennial argument against do-or-die trials in favor of committee selections. But it might be recalled that when two eminent U.S. hurdlers faltered...
...from nearby Arcadia proposed floating a giant balloon over the west rim, thereby shading the batter's eyes, but then someone else thought of moving home plate. Deciding not to wait for any logical reversals, Atwood taped on a pair of sunglasses and beat World Record Holder Tom Petranoff, 306 ft. 7 in. to 278 ft. 8 in. "There is now a new world record," Petranoff said pointedly, "for throwing into the sun wearing sunglasses...
...Winter Games." Former U.C.L.A. Star Mike Tully, 27, performed the tallest vault by any American in history, 19 ft. ¾ in., and the first of his three subsequent attempts at a world-record 19 ft. 3¾ in. looked rattlingly close. Spectators were enjoying the thought of Soviet Record Holder Sergei Bubka opening his U.S.S.R. Today the following morning and receiving the news. But Tully came no closer...
...only ill omen. "If there were flags out there on the runway," Carl said, "they'd all be blowing a different direction. It will be real hard to jump here unless we have a miracle and the wind decides to blow one way." But, as World Record Holder Bob Beamon (29 ft. 2½ in.) might tell him, miracles are not unknown in the long jump. -By Tom Callahan. Reported by Steven Holmes and Melissa Ludtke/Los Angeles