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...landing on the moon!" Al and Jackie Joyner, a triple jumper and heptathlete, went in as a family entry. Carol Lewis was hoping to make it two brother-and-sister teams in the long jump. For the Lewis family, the wind on the Coliseum floor was the only ill omen. "If there were flags out there on the runway," Carl said, "they'd all be blowing a different direction. It will be real hard to jump here unless we have a miracle and the wind decides to blow one way." But, as World Record Holder Bob Beamon...
Inside the Great Hall of the People, to which he would return half a dozen times, Reagan met with Li Xiannian, his nominal counterpart. It was a largely ceremonial meeting with a largely ceremonial Chinese President, but the chat provided a bright diplomatic omen: the men spoke for 35 minutes, several times as long as had been allotted...
...good fortune for both nations in the "Year of the Pig" just past. Redskins Quarterback Joe Theismann, a guest at the elegant dinner, read it right. Just to be certain nothing was lost, Reagan whispered to a friend on the dance floor, "There's a good omen in that for those Hogs...
Captain Diane Hurley opened the scoring barrage at 3:17 of the first with a scorching shot high into the right-hand corner of the Larries's net., For St. Lawrence netminder Becky Clements, it was just an omen of shots to come. The Mississauga. Ont. native had a long night ahead...
...Finance Minister Raymond Barre, a champion of austerity himself, seemed to be gaining in popularity (up 5% in the past month, to 20%). For Mitterrand, who is waiting for the fruits of austerity to help the Socialists in parliamentary elections two years from now, that could be a good omen. As the President told the dispirited congress: "Better days will come...