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High atop a scaffold, a small boy floats out a paper plane. Below a woman in a man's white shirt, braces and pearl gray trousers walks up and down rapidly in a diagonal course. Her head and hands twitch programmatically. Another figure, bent like a discus thrower, balances on one foot and listens raptly to a conch shell. A man dressed like a mechanic, a red wrench protruding from his hip pocket, obsessively chalks mathematical equations in the air. A handsome gray steam engine chugs into view. From the pit a chorus raises a wordless three-note chant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Beach Boy of Opera | 12/6/1976 | See Source »

...better thrower than statistics alone would indicate. They rely on short passes to Bob Farnham quite a bit, though, and that's one of the aspects of their offense that we're going to concentrate on. If we can take that away, they're in trouble...

Author: By Thomas Aronson, | Title: Something Bruin Saturday | 10/30/1976 | See Source »

Restic's concern, not suprisingly, again centers around Geiger, a deceptively good thrower who likes to run as well. "Last week, we were primarily concerned with the option pitch, and not the U.Mass quaterback," Restic said. "Saturday, we have to concentrate on Geiger as well as his pitches to running backs...

Author: By Tom Aronson, | Title: B. U. Terriers Cross the River | 10/2/1976 | See Source »

...last 110-meter hurdle like a champagne cork at a Paris party. Hungary heard its anthem played; and so did Sweden, Finland and Jamaica. New Zealand got its totally expected victory from John Walker in the 1,500, but in a dawdling time of 3:39.18. Hirsute Hammer Thrower Yuri Sedyh brought the Soviet Union its first of two golds. The U.S. bagged six, the same as Munich and down six from the halcyon days of Mexico City. Which made it fitting that, with two weeks of successes behind them, an East German enjoyed the Olympics' last lap. Marathon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Glittering Quest for Gold | 8/9/1976 | See Source »

Several American athletes have warned against this trend away from the individual. Discus thrower Mac Wilkins, who won a gold medal at Montreal, told reporters that he was threatened with expulsion by United States Olympic officials for training away from Montreal even though he could not concentrate in the Olympic village. He went on to say that his victory was an "achievement for myself." Arnie Robinson, the victor in the long jump competition, felt that his medal was a reward for his long hours of training. "I won for myself, my family," Robinson said...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: At the Olympics | 8/3/1976 | See Source »

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