Word: olga
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger '50 and Secretary of Commerce Elliot A. Richardson '43--who weigh in at $66,000 per year--to Olga C. Cumberland, the Private Secretary to the Director of the Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs ($15,000 to $20,000 range of level G.S. 10) the Plum Book has them...
...prefer the more emotional, fragile and human Olga...
...perfect score can ever light up a stadium like the smile of Olga Korbut...
...little could detract from ABC's superb pictures of the events themselves. Nadia Comaneci performing her flawless routines in a trance of innocence. Olga Korbut turning into an instant Edith Piaf. Gymnast Shun Fujimoto's kamikaze dismount with a broken knee. The victory lap after the 400-meter hurdles when Gold Medal Winner Ed Moses and Silver Medalist Mike Shine loped round the track in joyous exhaustion. Weightlifter Vasili Alexeyev looking like the Buddha meditating over 561 I=lbs. of iron...
...electronic age were desperately trying to tell a story that would not overload our frayed human wiring. The degree to which they succeeded was summed up best by Novelist-Screenwriter Josh Greenfeld: "On Tuesday afternoon I didn't know anything about gymnastics. By Thursday night, Olga Korbut had let me down...