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...opening week of the Montreal Olympics with their reigning deity. That huge mantle fell upon the tiny shoulders of Nadia Comaneci, who electrified the crowds and bollixed the computers by compiling the first perfect gymnastic scores. Performing her bold and difficult routines with consummate control, Comaneci (pronounced Com-a-netch) tallied three 10s in the team competition, two in the individual all-around contest, and two in the individual-apparatus competition-showings good enough to win her three gold medals, one silver and one bronze. Whether doing backflips on the beam or rocketing herself around the uneven bars, the deceptively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OLYMPICS: The Games: Up in the Air | 8/2/1976 | See Source »

...first pitching start for the Bristol (Tenn.) Twins this year, Necciai struck out 20 men. He struck out 19 in his second game. In a relief role, he struck out 11 men in four innings. Last week, mixing a crackling fast ball with a dazzling curve, Pitcher Necciai (pronounced Netch-Eye) made a new mark for the record books of organized baseball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Strikeout King | 5/26/1952 | See Source »

PlaceState. Cond. Skiing in. Snow Bartlett, N.H. Fair Good 83 3 new powder Canaan, N.H. Fair Good 20 Cannon Mt. (Tramway) N.H. Snowing Good 105 3 new powder Conway, N.H. Fair Good 32 1 new powder Dartmouth Region, N.H. Fair Good 20 Franoonia Netch, N.H. Snowing Good 60 3 new powder Fryeburg, Me. Fair Good 44 Light Greenfield, Mass. Fair Fair 4 Breakable crust Intervale, N.H. Fair Good 33 3 new powder Jackson, N.H. Fair Good 34 2 new powder Lacenia (Gilford) N.H. Fair Good 27 1 new powder Lancaster, N.H. Cloudy Good 28 4 new powder Lincoln, N.H. Fair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SKIING CONDITIONS | 3/24/1939 | See Source »

...cutting another netch on the door after fifty years of activity, the CRIMSON, like its three-years junior, the Lampoon, can claim the distinction of looking down on Life itself. But like most semi-centarians, the CRIMSON finds little time to sit back and wonder whether or not its existence has been futile; there is too much to be done. An anniversary is an occasion to be remembered, not a rite to be religiously carried our in the spirit of the past...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIFTY YEARS ON | 1/24/1923 | See Source »

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