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...every medal winner came along. Indicating why he is the world's most splendid diver, Greg Louganis turned to practicing for the nationals. Several of the basketball players had appointments with agents, though Reserve Center Jon Koncak took the occasion of the tour and blessed freedom from Coach Bobby Knight to complete a honeymoon on hold since June. Romance was flourishing. Synchronized Swimmer Tracie Ruiz was surprised with a diamond engagement ring by the boyfriend she brought along...
...unless he makes a rare blunder, he has no competition-but as a difficult performance, to be done in order to give the greatest pleasure possible. He prefers outdoor meets, like the one last week at the Olympics, "because of the blue sky." Of course: the sky is a splendid stage setting...
...Sears catalog is not just a potent sales tool. It is America's family album. When the 1897 catalog was reprinted in 1968, 150,000 copies were sold at $15 each. "One can find evidence of our present vices and our present virtues in this splendid volume," wrote Journalist Richard Rovere. "This catalog is at once a product and a display of our culture, especially our mass culture." This summer 12 million copies of the fall-winter edition were sent free to customers who had ordered at least $30 worth of merchandise in the past six months. Another...
...hurtles downhill from there toward outright insolence. Did Abraham Lincoln really say in 1859, "Negro equality! Fudge! How long . . . shall there continue knaves to vend, and fools to quip, so low a piece of demagogism as this"? Did the U.S. Labor Department truly announce that 1930 would be "a splendid employment year...
...Herbert von Karajan, conductor; Deutsche Grammophon; 3 CDs). Karajan's earlier Carmen, with Leontyne Price and Franco Corelli, was a full-throated spectacular in the grand-opera tradition. This one, 19 years later, reflects his current preference for smaller voices in an almost chamber-like setting. Baltsa, a splendid Greek mezzo, who is not heard often enough on this side of the Atlantic, makes a sultry cigarette girl, and Spanish Tenor Carreras an ardent Don José. The intimate nature of the tragedy is enhanced by the use of spoken dialogue, which Bizet intended...