Word: sisters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Wittkowski, who will collect his windfall in 20 annual installments of $2 million each, at first seemed unfazed. He said he planned to continue working ("If I quit, all I have to do is sit around and count my money") and promised to share his winnings with his brother, sister and father. "We want to stay just the way we are." But by the end of the press conference, the new millionaire said wearily, "I gotta go find a beer." After two days of talk shows and streams of visitors, he sought refuge farther afield. "He called me from...
...audience momentarily. Since the 1980 boycott, athletes have become sensitive on one subject. "I just don't like the Olympics to be a ploy for political things of any kind," said Pam McGee of the gold-medal women's basketball team, who brought along her twin sister Paula...
...smartly from Sam Graddy to Ron Brown to Calvin Smith, whose only role in the Olympics was this 100-meter leg. Smith's famous early burst won the lead, and Lewis' 8.94 split topped off the first world record of the Olympic track meet: 37.83. Lewis' sister Carol, who had failed to make the finals in the women's long jump, greeted him with a bouquet and a heart-shaped balloon-hearts and flowers. "This has been the time of my life," he said. "I'm tired emotionally and physically. The world record lifts...
...player who showed the surest instinct for spontaneous drama was Pam McGee, who hurtled into the stands moments after the medal ceremony to give her gold to her twin sister and U.S.C. teammate Paula, who was among the last candidates cut from the team. Like several of the 1980 holdovers, the McGees are exploring opportunities to play for pay in Europe-but only if chosen together...
Away from the track, the essential aim is to keep Carl's life as close to normal as possible. To provide some of the insulation of home, his family has set up house in Los Angeles. Mother Evelyn, Father Bill and Sister Carol, who will probably earn a medal in the long jump, are staying with him in a two-story white stucco house on a residential street six miles from the Los Angeles Coliseum. The house is a haven where Lewis can be himself, by himself. If he wants to, as he did one day last week...