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Implicit in the title of "tennis champion" is a certain code of behavior emphasizing patience, dignity, generosity, and courage. Stan Smith possessed these qualities during his brief reign at the top of the world rankings. Arthur Ashe rarely questioned a call and certainly never called an umpire a "fool" before thousands of fans. Further back, men like Laver and Rosewall exemplified these virtues, as did the countless female champions of the century. Today, the dominant force in men's tennis--Bjorn Borg--carries himself with the pride of a man who never has to whine for a point...
Foes boycott an election called by Marcos to solidify his reign...
Stage Director Jack Eddleman's predilection for repeating certain stage pictures-such as lovers lying head to toe -was ultimately predictable. But Eddie-man was right in pointing up some of the decadence of Nero's reign: although the opera ends with the marriage of Nero and Poppea, set to one of the most beautiful love duets in operatic literature, Nero was, historically, not a man to be trusted. He later kicked the pregnant Poppea to death, and once married a boy-but only after he ordered the youth to be castrated...
...variety of ways to help thrift institutions. The result, in any case, will certainly be a reduction in their number during the next few years. The lucky savings and loans may be like the Count of Sieyes, who, when asked what he did during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, gave the legendary reply: "I survived...
...France rivaled King Richard II's dethronement in Shakespeare's play. In a carefully staged farewell address to the nation on television last week, the defeated President seemed to concede that, like the deposed monarch, he had not yet "shook off the regal thoughts wherewith I reign'd." Seated at a desk in solitary grandeur in a leather-bound chair in an otherwise unfurnished room, Giscard spoke of "the end of great hopes" brought about by the election two weeks ago of Socialist François Mitterrand. At the same time, he pledged that he would always...