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...easier as he got set for the 500 meters in Lake Placid, and found he was in one of those splendid matchups that rarely occur in a sport in which the race is not against another but against the clock. The pairings for speed skating are a matter of pure chance. For the 500 meters last week, the draw for the inner lane was the Soviets' Kulikov, the current world record holder in the event and the gold medal winner in 1976. For the outer lane: Eric Heiden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Only the Lake Was Placid | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...previous lack of SRS in large quantities kept scientists from developing an "anti-SRS" substance to counter its effects. "Medical studies can now proceed with pure SRS" in sufficiently large quantities, Corey said...

Author: By Steven Wolfe, | Title: Researchers Synthesize Asthma-Causing Substance | 2/19/1980 | See Source »

...loose peasant blouses, the women in simple long dresses. Their performing delightfully blends the contrasting austerity and amiability of early music. Over the drone of string tones, plangent woodwinds pipe and trill, punctuated occasionally by bells or the shiver of tambourines. The singers spin out long, pure lines, immaculate in pitch and virtually free of vibrato. There are intricate madrigals, courtly love ballads, ribald drinking songs, solemn liturgical anthems, sprightly dances. Between numbers, Director Michael Jaffee, 41, may look up from his lute and chat engagingly to the audience about the music. The whole effect is blessedly unfussy, with none...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Exploring a Lost Continent | 2/18/1980 | See Source »

...finals in Grenoble; Jean-Claude Killy's domination of the slopes in the same Games as he won all three alpine gold medals for la gloire de France. Before the events at Lake Placid draw to a close on Sunday, Feb. 24, they will have created moments of pure gold. Key events to watch on ABC television (all times E.S.T.; check local listings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: What to Watch and When | 2/18/1980 | See Source »

...game shows on the networks' weekly daytime schedules, not to mention the countless hours of syndicated games broadcast in the early evening. Someone must be watching-and why not? Except for news, sports events and the Tonight show, game shows are just about the only examples of pure, spontaneous television left on the air. As Monty Hall says in Maxene Fabe's definitive new history, TV Game Shows! (Doubleday/Dolphin; $8.95), "You can learn more about America by watching one half-hour of Let's Make a Deal than you can by watching Walter Cronkite for an entire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Truth and Consequences | 2/18/1980 | See Source »

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