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...unshakable concentration are his most powerful adhesives. He may work out a sequence of ten or so moves to take him up an overhang hundreds of feet in the air, then discover that the route cannot be forced any farther. Without delay, before his muscles begin to tire and shake, he must then perform the ten-move ballet perfectly in reverse order. "You can't forget the fact that you're right next to the edge all the time," he says. "If you make any kind of mistake, you're going...
...Boston. Said White: "I do favors if I think it's in the best interests of the city." Said Tony Cennamo, a WBUR-FM radio station announcer: "When I read about the ticket-fixing, I got damned crazy, almost violent. I wanted to go to Mayor White and shake him." To help douse the fury, one of the errant McGees, Colleen, 24, paid the full amount of the fines. But the space race remains. Suggests Commissioner Vitagliano jokingly: "Maybe someone will invent an inflatable car that you could drive into the city in the morning, deflate, then fold...
Next day Kohl met Andropov. At the headquarters of the Supreme Soviet, the government's single-party parliament, the Chancellor was ushered into a medium-size office in which President Andropov was sitting on one side of a green baize-covered table. The two leaders did not shake hands, but Andropov said, "It was my deepest wish to see you yesterday. Unfortunately, it was not possible. I was sick." An eyewitness said the Soviet leader's face looked healthy and that his eyes, behind tinted glasses, were clear and alert. Andropov's left hand appeared numb...
...been hard for the unions. Diminishing state revenues have left many school districts unable to meet their budgets and forced some to reduce teaching staffs. During 1982-83, there were only 87 teacher strikes, compared with 242 just three years earlier, largely because teachers have realized that they cannot shake money out of empty coffers. This spring a report by the National Commission on Excellence in Education found that teacher training programs needed substantial improvement and that too few top students are attracted to the profession. While urging that all salaries be raised, the commission proposed that superior teachers...
...McEnroe, 24, and Martina Navratilova, 26, were being toasted during the post-tournament dinner at London's Savoy Hotel. McEnroe, who crunched New Zealand's Chris Lewis in the straight set men's finals, had even worked on his backhanded temperament, going so far as to shake hands with the umpire and referee after one match. "I think I've made a conscious effort to get along," said he. "But don't take this too seriously...