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...usual in the artistic world, today's new phenom is yesterday's hardworking apprentice. Anderson grew up in Wallingford, Conn., taking voice and dance lessons. She grew too tall to dance (today she stands 5 ft. 10 in.), but at 17 she was a finalist in the Metropolitan Opera auditions. She hated the process. "I'm determined, but I can't step on someone else to get ahead. I hated the competitiveness." Instead she went to Yale and majored in French literature, graduating in 1974. She gave herself two years to become famous and has been working at it ever...
That leaves Cleary with a rotation of only five healthy defenders, including Tod Hartje, who played his first game at defense Friday night. And to make matters worse, the Crimson's high-powered offense will have to operate without freshman phenom Ted Drury, who suffered a severe charley horse at the hands of the Cadets' hackmen...
...lead in the National League East, Zimmer can relax enough to tell his ball club, "If you're not enjoying this, you should get a real job." The mood is infectious, whether it is .300-hitting first baseman Mark Grace describing the pennant race as "really neat" or rookie phenom Dwight Smith likening the season to a "dream." Only one thing stands between the Cubs and ecstasy: the ragtag St. Louis Cardinals, managed by Whitey Herzog, the game's resident genius...
Fernandez was more than just another high school phenom. He was rewarded by being selected in the first round of last June's amateur draft by the Milwaukee Brewers, who offered Fernandez a $110,000 signing bonus and incentives to play professional baseball...
...Freshman phenom, Derrick Horner, swept the 100 and 200 meters, and took third in the long jump. Horner's time of 10.6 seconds in the 100 ties his personal best. His 200-meter time of 22.1 seconds, and long jump of 21-ft., 2-in., marked strong performances for a season-opener...