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...Carl Lewis who enter the Olympics with greatness already thrust upon them; one will test their performances against their reputations. Better still, sudden heroes always seem to emerge and establish themselves, often in sports one has dismissed as boring or has paid no attention to before. Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci created gymnastics for most Americans, not because Americans never heard of gymnastics, but because they had not seen the sport performed by virtuosos. A subtle surprise of the Olympics is how individuals can transform the events in which they participate. Boxing enrages and disgusts you. Then Sugar Ray Leonard...
Alas, we forget one small detail the Olympics are worth saving. As the memory of assassinations and boycotts slowly fades, the stars of the Bob Beamons, Mark Spitzes, Alberto Jauntorenas and Nadia Comanecis continue to shine brightly. The beauty and drama of athletic competition reaches its pinnacle at Olympic time: what a tragedy it would be to give up all the moments yet to come...
...NADIA COMANECI Bucharest...
Then you go and talk to Nadia Gould and she tells you about abortion, motherhood and adoption, and you go to Cabot and look at fetuses in the books there and walk homes to your room still not telling anyone because you know they'll think you're stupid, forgetting how many times they've worried for a few weeks about a late period and begun to think about abortion and dream about marriage and single motherhood and babies and been relieved in the end when the blood flowed again...
...other works, Thomson has dabbled in modality and flirted with serialism; like Ives, he is not above quoting a famous melody (like My Country, 'Tis of Thee) when it suits his expressive purposes. The French influence on him is strong, as befits a prize pupil of Nadia Boulanger; the opening chords of the Louisiana Story suite might have been harmonized by Ravel. But whatever the style, the music is always unmistakably Thomson's: attractively urbane, piquant, eminently civilized...