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...stands at the Santa Monica track are empty save for the security guards who only have eyes for stray spectators trying to pass through the chain-link fence. A female hurdler sprints along one side of the track. Lewis, his coach Tom Tellez, and Carl's friend Kirk Baptiste, a University of Houston sophomore who will run the 200 meter, set up shop on the opposite side. "Carl, go grab the tape measure!" Tellez yells from the stands. Lewis ambles over to the tape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Carl Lewis: Man in the Eye of a Media Hurricane | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

...about a foot and a half (28 ft. 7 in.) and turned to the 200-meter run. "I'm still a novice in the 200, as compared with the 100," he said, after burning through the curve in 19.86 and then kissing the track like an explorer. Kirk Baptiste and Thomas Jefferson, who finished second and third, expressed the situation clearly when Baptiste said, "I hope I can finish second in the Olympics," and Jefferson advised, "The closer you get to Carl, the better your chances will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Dress Rehearsal for Lewis et al. | 7/2/1984 | See Source »

These moves threatened to decrease Steinberg's share of Disney to less than 10%, and he appeared to be losing. But two weeks ago, Steinberg formed a holding company, MM Acquisition (named for Disney's own Mickey Mouse). For his partners Steinberg enlisted Kirk Kerkorian, 67, the majority stockholder in MGM/UA Entertainment, and Fisher Financial and Development, a New York City real estate firm. Kerkorian agreed to invest $75 million for a 20% stake in the new firm in return for a 60-day option to buy the Disney studio and film library for $448 million. Fisher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greenmailing Mickey Mouse | 6/25/1984 | See Source »

...music; the settings are positively Wagnerian in scale and, especially at the climax, full of his kind of fiery mysticism. Above all, the emotions of Stari Trek III are as broad and as basic as anything this side of Rigoletto. Principally, these are the province of Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner, of course). His attempt to answer the cries for help that Spock transmits by means of a mysterious Vulcanic technique known as a "mindmeld" forces him to the most anguishing command decisions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Space Opera | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

...Kirk R. Sanders Ellettsville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 4, 1984 | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

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