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...exception, and find you have insoluable difficulties with your new roommate, the Dean's office may (repeat: may) make changes. More likely, they'll have one word for you: "Sorry...
...Dorms ready for occupancy, says the brochure; dorms open, says the connoisseur. Arrive ready for occupancy, invasion and incursion at 6:30 a.m. Grab the keys to the entryway and room. Run (repeat: run) upstairs, quickly unlock the door, and throw your belongings on the bed of the suite's only single. Be sure to be nonchalant, however, when your roommate ambles in ten minutes later. You'll be spending a lot of time with that person this year. Tell your first fib, something like, "Well, I got in at three in the morning and didn't have a place...
...marathon, Waldemar Cierpinski, 29, of East Germany became the first runner to repeat as champion since Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia accomplished the feat in 1960 and 1964. In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Bronislaw Malinowski, 29, of Poland finally finished on top after coming in fourth at Munich, second at Montreal. Filbert Bayi, 27, a Tanzanian miler running only the sixth steeplechase of his career, appeared to have the race in hand, leading by as much as 50 meters. But Malinowski mounted a stirring comeback and overtook Bayi with about 150 meters remaining. His time was 8:09.7, the fastest...
Since the scores in team competition count for half of a gymnast's total in the all-around finals, it appeared that Comaneci had no chance to repeat as gold medalist. Yet she reeled off a 10 on the parallel bars and began the last rotation as one of three women with a shot at top honors...
...fared so poorly that Silverman has already fired three producers. The latest executive calamity comes at the same time as the start of the 1980 Olympics, which NBC was to have covered and which promised to be one of the network's greatest achievements. Silverman hoped to repeat his performance of four years ago, when he used the Games to help catapult then lowly ABC to No. 1 in the ratings...