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...track he especially enjoys his original event, the mile, though he concentrated on the half-mile last year. In the shorter distance he turned in one of his best times, a sizzling 1:54 in the first leg of a distance medley relay, contributing to a school record. Coach McCurdy hasn't decided on Johnson's event for the upcoming season, but he remembers his surprise at Johnson's turning in such a fast time while in his usual injured state...
...could the rest of the world, as news of the attack rippled out. In Washington, President Ronald Reagan had just risen when Secretary of State Alexander Haig telephoned him at 7:20 a.m. local time to relay word from the U.S. embassy in Cairo that there had been a shooting incident involving Sadat. Reagan was relieved when he was told that the embassy believed Sadat was only slightly injured. Reagan immediately cabled a personal message to Sadat, offering his prayers and assurances that "we stand ready to assist in any way we can, including the provision of medical assistance...
Sticking to her story, Williston was well ahead of everyone else with the report that Sadat had died. About ten minutes later, as an increasing number of sources around the world began to relay the same word, it was Tom Brokaw's turn to press Correspondent Art Kent on whether he had heard the news "from an official spokesman, or are we all beginning to repeat each other?" Over at ABC, Frank Reynolds explained: "We are obliged to give you information that may turn out to be inaccurate." At moments, the frustration and uncertainty swamped their syntax. Pointing...
...Sept. 23 Live from Lincoln Center performance of the New York Philharmonic, the baton will be passed by Musical Director Zubin Mehta, 45. Kaye does not read music, but, says he: "I know the scores by heart. I know the nuances I want. I just relay my instructions to the orchestra with expressions instead of my hands...
...fastest woman in the world and win three gold medals at the 1960 Olympics. At the opening in Washington last week of the National Portrait Gallery's new summer show, "Champions of American Sport," Rudolph, 41, stopped by a photograph of her Olympic victory in the 400-meter relay. When she is not working on her third book (on how to be a successful working mother), she is heading up the Olympic Experience Program for youngsters, and heading off challenges from the children to race. "I absolutely refuse. I keep telling them, 'Once a champion retires, she stays...