Word: jessee
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Los Angeles Bureau Chief Benjamin Cate caught his touch of Olympic fever at a TIME reception in Beverly Hills for the opening of the Games. There he was privileged to perform an unusual introduction: "We had invited Bill and Evelyn Lewis, Carl's parents, and Mrs. Ruth Owens, widow...
Fallout over Jesse
I am appalled by the latest escapades of the Rev. Jesse Jackson [NATION, July 9]. I can appreciate any humanitarian reasons that Jackson may have had for his trip to Central America and Cuba; however, he has no right to conduct foreign affairs and should not be meddling.
The secret lamplighter of Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee President Peter Ueberroth turned out to be two: Gina Hemphill, granddaughter of Jesse Owens, and Rafer Johnson, 1960 decathlon champion. But then all of this summer's 4,200 torchbearers turned out to be remarkable. Winding around and about Southern...
Referring to the former presidential candidate's efforts, he said. "I'm interested to see if Jesse Jackson can do something--it may well be that the Russians will let him in to embarrass Reagan."