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Family Affair. Save for Janet and Susan Corrock, the surprise bronze medalist in the women's downhill, midway through the competition it seemed that the 131-member U.S. team might be headed for one of its worst showings ever. "The trouble with you Yanks," said one widely quoted Norwegian athlete, "is that you're too soft. Your life is too easy...
...keep Norway out. Anti-Market groups last week claimed that they had that many M.P.s on their side. However, since both major parties are in favor of joining, as well as most newspapers and businesses, opinion may well swing some of the antiMarket M.P.s to the pro side. Norwegian worries focus on a Common Market rule that the waters of any member are open to the fishermen of all. That poses a direct economic threat to the farmer-fishermen of Norway's rich northern fjords and coastal waters. In Brussels, Norwegian negotiators demanded a permanent twelve-mile fishing limit...
...fell in love with film at age three, and at six was sometimes watching three movies a day. In nautical college he dismayed the commander by having the cadets do drag imitations of Betty Grable and Carmen Miranda. After a hitch in the R.A.F., he danced with the Norwegian ballet, finally took up still photography before making his name with BBC television biographies of artists...
...training," he smiles. So, traveling first class on each campaign flight, he stows the two allotted shot bottles of liquor in his flight bag. Already this year he has logged 160,000 miles to visit 31 states, and the collection of unopened bottles is up to well over 100. "Norwegian frugality," he explains. "That's the way we'd run the country...
...novel venture in role versatility was conceived by the Norwegian Family Council, a state-financed organization that lobbies for legislation aimed at improving family life. After working out plans with the help of University of Oslo Sociologist Erik Gronseth, the council recruited couples willing to participate in the role-swapping experiment. Among those who volunteered was Anne Ibsen Bulko, 30, a descendant of Playwright Henrik Ibsen, one of the pioneers in Women's Liberation...