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...Despite the fact that British Physician Edward Jenner showed in 1796 that the disease could be prevented by inoculation with cowpox serum...
...minutes. One 15-year-old gulped down 19 pickled onions in two minutes. 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...
Avilov, now 28 and competing in his third Olympics, seemed nonplused; he had achieved personal bests in three of the first day's five events, but to little avail. At one point while loosening up he threw back his head like a high-spirited trotter and passed Jenner without a glance. Perhaps he was thinking that hubris such as Jenner's classically precedes defeat. But Jenner, a camera-courting athlete who thinks Montreal may lead to Hollywood, is a blithe and buoyant modern man. FEET, DON'T FAIL ME NOW read the baby blue T shirt that...
Total Artistry. On Friday, Jenner roared through the five final events with a combination of speed and strength almost incomparably greater than any decathlon man before him. Smashing Avilov's record by 164 points, Jenner surpassed the long-presumed Olympic absolute of 8,500 points to score an astounding 8,618. Avilov, with 8,367 points, even gave up the silver medal, which went to West Germany's Guido Kratschmer...
...takes a decathlon athlete to truly appreciate what Jenner has done," summed up 1968 Decathlon Gold Medalist Bill Toomey. "It was total artistry, a beautiful composition." Citing the controlled intensity of Jenner's performance, Toomey added: "He was like a hand grenade ready to explode. And he held the pin until the Olympics. He was hungry, extremely motivated. That element was missing from a lot of American performances...