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...best. Some measure of chauvinism is understandable, but to interpret physical feats as evidence of sociological or ideological superiority is as absurd as trying to settle a United Nations debate with a foot race up First Avenue. And the tactic can backfire. At Berlin, Hitler had to sit and squirm as an American black-the legendary Jesse Owens-clearly outshone Germany's Nordic "supermen" to win gold medals in four events. Still, rampant nationalism continues to mock the purported ideals of the Olympics. Since 1952 the focus has been mainly on whether the U.S. team, representing a free, democratic...
...then Bobby is the hungry Brooklyn wolf. Fischer still plays with the merciless intensity of the onetime boy wonder who said, "I like to see 'em squirm." And not just when the world title is at stake. In international play, where brain-saving draws are a routine matter, Fischer is the only grand master who rarely agrees to settle for a tie game. Even when he is far ahead in a tournament and could coast, he usually answers a request for a draw with a rueful, smiling refusal and then fights on until that magic moment when...
...exciting if preposterous 22-hour standoff follows between the cop and the heroin pusher in, of all places, a Saks Fifth Avenue elevator. Outside, the television cameras roll while the police department brass squirm-and plot their own survival. It is a tribute to Mills' adroitness that he swivels through this awkward and unlikely setup with few slips. (The few mistakes he makes are surprisingly careless: Saks has hand-operated elevators, for example, which would make his big scene unplayable...
Chosen Havens. Turning his attention away from the candidates and toward Florida's voters, TIME Correspondent Joseph Kane finds Floridians most concerned about problems close at hand. They turn up their noses at the sulfurous smell of pollution in Jacksonville, squirm in the traffic jams on Interstate 95 in Miami, worry about rising crime in all of the big cities. Elderly residents of St. Petersburg object to dirty streets; they also successfully prevented U.S. Steel from building a condominium that would have obstructed a view of the gulf. The people of the state want Florida to adopt...
...that moment, the viewer has had to squirm through two hours of banal commentary, inane commercials and an amateur talent show that only mothers could love. There is also something for daddy-the swimsuit finals, which unwittingly mock the characteristic American dilemma of having to select from many tempting choices that all seem exactly alike...