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California Restaurateur Jerome Rowitch had a problem: How could he attract the residents of Marina del Rey, Malibu, Santa Monica and other affluent Los Angeles suburbs to his Sculpture Gardens restaurant in a decidedly unfashionable section of nearby Venice? His solution: invite diners to name their own price. Rowitch mailed 3,000 promotional flyers to households with incomes of at least $50,000, promising customers that they could enjoy such delicacies as rabbit in Cabernet sauce, New Zealand cockles in white wine or black spaghettini in roasted red pepper -- and pay whatever they thought the food was worth...
...week it seemed that chambermaids were fighting duels and delivery boys declaiming soliloquies. Not quite; the supporting actors who won were authentic first-seed skiers, delivering the message that there was too much talent for one or two superstars to dominate. Still, the surprise was genuine as West German Marina Kiehl won the downhill and a pair of strong Austrians, Anita Wachter and Sigrid Wolf, took the combined (a parlay of downhill and slalom) and the / super-G (a compressed, curvier downhill). Walliser managed a bronze in the combined and Figini a silver in the super-G, but interest swung...
...itself. The exquisite artistry of Britain's Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, who took the gold in 1984 with their creative Bolero routine, seemed to point the sport in a new direction. But this year's competitors cleaved to more traditional ballroom steps. The silver-winning Soviet pair of Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko were elegant, and Bronze Medalists Tracy Wilson and Robert McCall of Canada were charming -- but neither couple took the sport anywhere it had not gone before...
...example of a warm Calgarian, a grandmother named Jean Newsted, came scurrying along with a loom in one hand and a nervous-looking rabbit in the other. Just then the Soviet silver-medal ice-dancing team of Sergei Ponomarenko and Marina Klimova materialized by the happiest chance. Hastening up to them, Newsted explained through a handy interpreter that she was a weaver of Angora fur and had been so taken with Ponomarenko and Klimova's performance that two of her rabbits now bore their names. In fact, here in her arms was Benjamin Sergei. It is difficult to describe...
Action ! Boitano proves to be the top Brian; Soviet Pairs Skater Katya Gordeeva wins not only the gold but the hearts of Calgary; Downhill Daredevil Pirmin Zurbriggen conquers the horrific Mount Allan course in a brilliant, unforgettable run; West Germany' s Marina Kiehl bests her betters in the women' s event. For Speed Skater Dan Jansen, though, the agony doubles...