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PEOPLE: A talentless Miss America contest; why Clinton's My Life is wacky in translation; a real-life fatal attraction...
NATALIE COUGHLIN AGE 21 HOMETOWN Concord, Calif. EVENTS Swimming--100-m freestyle, 100-m backstroke, relays THE DRAMA Coughlin could have raced in five individual events but chose only two, so she'll be in peak form for the three team relays. THE COMPETITION Don't miss the 100-m freestyle, where she faces world-record holder Lisbeth Lenton of Australia and reigning Olympic champ Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands. Coughlin is the first and only woman to swim the 100-m backstroke in under 60 seconds; she's untouchable...
Baton-twirling fans, brace yourselves. Faced with dwindling ratings, the Miss America pageant has cut the talent competition from its telecast this year. Instead of the live performances that have set the pageant apart from other beauty contests since 1954, next month's broadcast will show a quickie taped montage of talent routines from earlier in the week. The move angered some former Miss Americas, including GRETCHEN CARLSON, who played the violin in 1989 and now is a host of CBS's Saturday Early Show. "It's like somebody training for the Olympics, putting in all that time and commitment...
DIED. FRED LARUE, 75, mysterious aide to President Richard Nixon and key figure in the cover-up of the 1972 Watergate break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters; in Biloxi, Miss. The bagman, who lacked title, salary or mention in the White House directory, served 136 days in jail for paying more than $300,000 to Watergate conspirators and supervising the shredding of documents and financial records related to the scandal...
...favorite haunt for nudists. Today even the most buttoned-down visitors get hooked on Agistri's idyllic, unspoiled beauty. The island is just a two-hour ferry ride from the port of Piraeus. A favorite place to stay is the Agistri Club Hotel, tel: (30-229) 709 1242. KOUFONISSIA Miss the boat and you may have to spend another couple of days in paradise. Small, rugged and surrounded by sea-lashed rocks, Ano and Kato Koufonissia are part of the Cyclades, a tiny cluster of islands beloved by the Greeks but often left off tourist itineraries. Separated by a slim...