Word: timmermann
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...walk in 1:19:57, breaking the old record by more than 3 min. Mop-top Khristo Markov of Bulgaria hopped, skipped and soared to a triple-jump record of 57 ft. 9 1/2 in., while American favorite Willie Banks placed sixth. East Germany's Ulf Timmermann threw the shot put 73 ft. 8 3/4 in. for an Olympic record, and Randy Barnes of the U.S. placed second...
Whether such guidance is benevolent or not, it is useful in collecting a bag of gold that enhances national pride and compensates for the state's political failings. Most athletes are grateful and patriotic. Ulf Timmermann, 25, a member of the ruling Socialist Unity Party and world-record holder in shot put, speaks of "my obligation to achieve high performances in sport as a contribution to strengthening our Republic." More tangible benefits include world travel and a genuine popularity at home...
...Italy's P.C.I, won only 30.4% of the vote, down from its alltime peak of 34.4% in 1976. France's Communists saw their support drop from 20.6% in 1978 to 16.2% last year. Events in Poland have now created a crisis of conscience. Says Heinz Timmermann of the Federal Institute for East European and International Studies in Cologne: "Eurocommunists might well be presented with a bitter choice-whether to go completely with the East or completely with the West...
...this point, Bonnie Timmermann, the Phoenix's casting director, brought in dozens of actors to audition. "Bill would start to sketch a person as soon as he became bored, and Saks' face would light up when he saw the right person. I would keep an eye on Gene's face and Bill's pad to get a sense of what was going on." Finally the six were chosen: Remak Ramsay to play the stuffy lawyer and Linda Atkinson for his wife, who always had a cause like saving Grand Central Terminal from the developers; Michael...