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...nice to know that the team looks to me in more ways than simply my on-the-field play," the 6-ft., 2-in., 220-lb. native of Woodland Hills, Ca. says. "I'm their marauding general...
That laugh, a lusty guffaw about two sizes too large for her 120-lb. frame, is the first hint of something intriguingly unpredictable in Close. Similarly, the controlled expression on her high-cheekboned face often seems at odds with the light in her gray-green eyes. As her Attraction co-star Michael Douglas says, "she always looks like she has a secret...
...what it was in 1980. Food and fuel are tightly rationed. A few weeks ago the gas allowance, obtained with coupons bearing a portrait of Che Guevara, was cut from 20 to 17 gal. a month. Earlier this year, the government-subsidized rice ration was reduced to 1 lb. a person a month, down from 5 lbs. three years ago. "A pound of rice might feed a small family for a day," complains Jose Romero Arana at Managua's sprawling outdoor Eastern Market. "What are we supposed to eat for the rest of the month?" Even some of the revolution...
...Motel (his real name) is a muscular, 24-year-old pressman for a Jacksonville newspaper. Today he is a heavy favorite in the 196-lb. and 228- lb. classes and so far has dispatched all his opponents, save one, without working up a sweat. Moe's technique is to stand expressionless at the table while his opponent grunts and strains against Moe's muscular arm. When an opponent's tugging has pumped enough blood into his arm, Moe slams the challenger to the table, then puffs up his considerable chest and walks erectly around the room, acknowledging congratulations with...
...means a lot to Bob Hopkins too. Bob is the favorite in the over-229-lb. class and is the only man to have beaten Moe. He is a plasterer who once played in the U.S.F.L. He used to weigh more than 305 lbs., which made him a bit sluggish in competition, so he dieted to a mere 275 for today's event. He has a menacing black beard that hides his face, ravaged at age 30. Bob used to have a problem with drugs and alcohol, or as he puts it, "They had a grip...