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World-class milers, the heroes of track's glamour event, have for years been among the best-paid amateurs. Few have pulled on their running shoes for less than $1,000. Pole vaulters have been paid bonuses of $100 for every inch they soar over 17 ft. 6 in., a height easily within the range of top performers; the world record is 18 ft. 8¼ in., and the vaulters can pick up a tidy sum before the going gets serious. One former Olympic medalist once hinted to a shoe manufacturer that he wanted...
...begins with a runny nose, accompanied by a feeling of listlessness. Soon body temperature may soar as high as 40.5° C. (105° F.), and the patient develops the characteristic red rash of common measles, or rubeola.* Though this childhood disease seemed on the verge of extinction after the introduction of a vaccine against it in the early 1960s, measles has been making an alarming comeback. In recent months, there have been startling outbreaks in such widely scattered states as California, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Texas and Virginia...
...different side of Newcomer comes out in Nina Weiner's "Eliza's Rhythm." Following the easy jazz shuffles of Sally Greenhouse, Christie Blazo and Elizabeth S-Wilderson--all looking superbly professional in Weiner's choreography--Newcomer's solo section hits the floor on the downbeat whereas the others soar with the upbeat. This sort of subtle difference in expression is possible only when dancers have technique to throw away...
...Long Island homeowner heeded his President's plea to save energy-and discovered he would be taxed for his patriotic gesture. After watching his annual fuel bill soar to $700, William Nagy estimated he could save $250 using solar energy to heat his water...
KOBUK VALLEY. Fifty-six kilometers (35 miles) north of the Arctic Circle, the Kobuk Valley presents another topographical surprise-a stretch of glacier-formed sand dunes, some as high as 30 meters (100 ft.), where summer temperatures can soar to more than 38° Celsius (100°F.). The desert-like dunes are more than 33,000 years old; pre-Eskimo archaeological sites along Onion Portage, which cuts through them, are estimated to be 10,000 years old and are considered among the most important in the Arctic...