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...other milers, his speed can be frightening. Outdoors, where he does not have to trim his pace, Bayi regularly runs the first half-mile in the low 1:50s. When Ryun broke the world record, he made the first half in 1:58.9. With his rocketing initial spurt, Bayi has changed the entire strategy of the mile. "We have to get up and go from the start now," says New Zealander Rod Dixon, who placed third in the 1,500 meters in Munich. Says Bayi modestly: "It's just my style. I'm not trying to psych anyone...
...priced above or below that figure, depending on quality, shipping costs and other factors. Algeria's price has dropped from $14 per bbl. a year ago to $12 now, largely because premium charges for high quality and other factors have been removed. Libya has recently been forced to trim up to 29e off its exceedingly high basic rate of $11.86, and Abu Dhabi has had to pare 380 from the $11.38 that it charged for its best lower-sulfur fuel...
...crowd is docile, about half black and half white, a group of refugees with the common bond of having been bombed out of a job. They are a mixture of "good ole boys" with beer bellies bulging over the belts of their double-knit slacks, trim women in stylish pantsuits and fur jackets, and young managers and technicians in three-button, charcoal gray suits. The newcomers, skittish and self-conscious at first, soon relax as they sense that they are not alone. Hardly anyone reads to kill time. Conversation is minimal and muted. Children accompanying their parents are subdued. Veteran...
...Ford weight is constantly monitored. Before his Camp David weekend, he weighed 195, the old football trim. He gained 2 lbs. over the weekend, apparently from the Sunday morning breakfast of waffles, strawberries and sour cream. He lost the 2 lbs. last week on salads and cottage cheese...
There is risk in skating out to trim the angle. If the goalie only deflects the puck, an opponent may slip behind him to flip a rebound into the open net. Should he glide beyond the crease, the goalie is subject to the bone-rattling body checks that players use to knock opponents out of the play. Parent usually manages to avoid these griefs by trapping the puck cleanly or deflecting it toward the corner with his stick...