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Then bedlam. An argument broke out among the six judges. The Rumanian coach ranted. The crowd chanted Davidova's name and clapped in unison. A smaller Rumanian claque shouted "Nah-dee-yah! Nah-dee-yah!" Nadia stood motionless, arms akimbo, eyes far away. Twenty-eight minutes after her dismount, the scoreboard flashed the disheartening news: 9.85, only good enough for the silver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Cheers,Jeers in Moscow | 8/4/1980 | See Source »

...prosecution seemed to have a solid case. There were several other policemen who had witnessed the killing. Three testified that they had seen one defendant, Alex Marrero, beat McDuffie as he lay handcuffed and motionless on the ground. Marrero admitted hitting McDuffie but said that McDuffie had reached for Marrero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: To Strike at Anything White | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

...this conviction by being booed at performances, an experience that he shrugs off: "No response at all would be worse." Once, in Vienna, a Stockhausen score called for him to strike a row of keys with his arm and hold them down for 30 seconds. As Pollini remained bent motionless over the keyboard, a whisper came from the first row: "He is exhausted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Reluctant Cinderella | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

...Garrity sat slumped in the corner, head down, muttering softly to himself. Tom Murray, back against the concrete wall, lay motionless. His eyes closed, he tried to wash the painful image away...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: It Doesn't Seem Fair | 2/5/1980 | See Source »

Then, a calm silence settled over the tundra. The rabid polar bear lay peacefully, harpoon through the throat, its guts coloring the bland snow. Justin kneeled, motionless. Kamik rubbed his arm violently in the snow, wailing in his native Eskimo dialect...

Author: By Larry Grafstein, | Title: In the Arctic, You Are Not Alone | 12/5/1979 | See Source »

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