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...eight years he was between records, Stones was kneaded mentally and physically by Weight Lifter-Psychologist Harry Sneider at Ambassador College in Pasadena, Calif., home base for the worldwide Church of God. They do more than just prepare for a competition, they foretell it, envision it and rehearse it, complete with sound effects. "It's like playing a whole game of chess in your mind," says Sneider, who used to wipe the brow of Chess Grandmaster Bobby Fischer before matches. Mystically, Stones says, "some things about jumping came to me recently in training sessions, things that were apparently...
...eight other teams--West Germany, Morocco, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Egypt, the United States, and Costa Rica--will play all of their games on the west coast, either at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena or at Stanford University in Palo Alto...
...record day for disaster, even by the standards of megalopolitan Los Angeles. Early in the morning, Pasadena police cornered two terrorists in a catering office at the Rose Bowl, site of the Olympic soccer matches. A traffic snarl brought two major freeways to a steamy standstill, and a landslide smothered a chunk of the Pacific Coast Highway. During the Olympic cycling event, a section of bleachers at the Dominguez Hills velodrome collapsed, injuring 50 people. By day's end Angelenos had survived a bomb scare and a raging brushfire...
Mint condition. Immaculate. Owned by a little old lady in Pasadena, who drove it only to the bank. Despite those chromy come-ons for used cars, trouble often lurks under the hood. An estimated 50% of used autos suffer mechanical failures within 45 days of the sale. To make car shopping safer for consumers, the Federal Trade Commission in 1981 devised a rule that ordered dealers to disclose a car's known defects on a window sticker. But last week the FTC staff relaxed its requirements...
...Olympic National Committee chose the four teams who will play at Harvard Stadium by a draw, and the 12 other teams will be play their opening rounds at Annapolis, Stanford, or the Rose Bowl in Pasadena...