Word: medal
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...could not object. For within the domain of painting, Joan Miró is himself a reigning giant. Miró, 5 ft. and 87 years old, was honored last week in a day of ceremonies crowned by the presentation by Juan Carlos of Spain's gold medal of fine arts. Among the other events: the opening of an exhibition of Miró's works in Madrid's Tiépolo Gallery and the official designation of a square, dominated by a huge Miró ceramic mural, as Plaza Joan Miró. "This signifies recognition of a lifetime...
Beckford was a known quantity from the very beginning. She arrived from Cambridge's Rindge and Latin High School heralded as the silver medal winner in the 1978 Junior olympics 1500 meters and as a 1980 Olympic prospect...
...recipient of numerous honorary degrees (he had only a high school diploma and some art training), plus the Medal of Freedom, Peterson has been under pressure for years from both his public and publisher to update his celebrated guide. Next month they will get their wish with the appearance of the latest and most eagerly awaited Peterson guide (Houghton Mifflin; $15 in hardcover, $9.95 paperback...
...Louisville, and Craig Beardsley, 19, of Harrington Park, N.J., set world records in the women's and men's 200-meter butterfly. In the men's 200 butterfly, the three top finishers all came in faster than Soviet Sergei Fesenko did in winning the gold medal. In both the 200 backstroke and 100 breaststroke, two Americans finished under the Moscow times. The performances were remark able considering that many of the swimmers eased up on their training when the boycott was announced. Jesse Vassallo, 18, of Mission Viejo, Calif, quit altogether for six weeks but managed...
...overtrained during this short period," he explains. Had he started with too great a weight, should he not have begun lower and worked his way up? His answer is almost imperious: "I was not interested in the lower weights. They would not have been enough for the gold medal, only silver or bronze." But this is not the end, Alexeyev insists: "I am an old and a very strong horse. You will see me again...