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...sure, the academy is not turning itself upside down to accommodate the women, who were winnowed from 602 applicants and chosen for athletic as well as academic prowess. "Our prime function remains to produce military leaders," said Brigadier General Walter Ulmer, commandant of cadets. "The mission of the academy is unchanged...
...need for THE BIONIC WOMAN (ABC, Wednesday, 8 p.m. E.S.T.) either, unless you are a Six Million Dollar Man looking for a mate. But there is more wit inherent in the new show's conceit than there is in that of the original model: superhuman physical prowess is unexpected in a lass as comely as Lindsay Wagner. On the opening program, for example, Wagner, whose cover job is schoolteaching, delivered homilies on peace and cooperation while abstractedly tearing a telephone book in half. One hopes the show's writers will keep this spirit of comic-book irony going...
...Saturday, this must be Seefeld. For visitors to Innsbruck and television viewers round the globe, the Winter Games provide a panorama of grace and prowess under pressure. Most Nordic events will be staged at Seefeld, 15 miles to the northwest of the city; three miles south, at Igls and Patscherkofel, tourists can take in the bobsled, luge and men's downhill. The other alpine races will be held at Axamer Lizum, a 25-minute bus ride to the southwest from downtown...
...Bill's athletic prowess is famous back home in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. In fifth grade, Bill played defensive back and halfback on what became the first of his many championship teams, the 115-lb. Terriers. The next year the Terriers won the championship again, undefeated and unscored upon. People began to speculate about his school career...
Lester said that many members of the expedition admired the comparatively simple lifestyle of their Sherpa guides, in addition to their physical prowess...