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Among the first Western visitors were 33 Italians who paid $2,000 apiece in December for a nine-day tour of Tehran and major archaeological sites. Elda Chiaraviglio, a Turin travel agent who helped organize the group, called the visit "a leap backward into medieval Islam, but fascinating." While many Iranians remain hostile to the U.S., she noted, the American dollar was the only foreign currency that Iranian black marketeers would accept...
...Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. "Maybe you've had experience and maybe you ain't only an amature, as it were." Seattle animal importer Andy Koffman ain't no amateur. In 1986, while visiting the African nation of Cameroon, Koffman watched a 10-lb. Goliath frog leap 30 ft. across a river, and jumped to a conclusion. "The first thing I thought was, 'Wouldn't it be fun to win the Calaveras contest?' " recalls Koffman...
...Derrick Horner turned in two outstanding performances, nabbing the long jump with a 6.96-meter leap and the 55-meter sprint with a time of 6.51 seconds...
...change of pace and a piece of change, the prolific Antonia takes breaks between works of history, which eat up three to four years, to write mystery stories featuring female detective Jemima Shore, who has made the leap to TV. But when she first joined the Crime Writers' Association, she was snubbed. "This glittering butterfly was too much for them," says an observer. Eventually, her seriousness won them over and -- what else? -- she became chairman...
Harvard senior John Brzezenski, a defensive tackle on the Harvard football team, took first place honors in the 35-1b. weight competition with a hurl of 56-ft. 11-in. Derrick Horner was the only other Crimson victor in field competition, winning the long jump with a leap of 7.17 meters...