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...which has not had an Olympic medalist since 1960, spends little on developing its amateur athletes. Says Neguib: "I do not know how to get the maximum power from my body. My movements are still rough." His full-time job as a police officer in Cairo limits his daily workout to spare time. Before the Soviet-bloc pullout, Neguib guessed his average throw (203 ft.) might rank him eighth in the world, behind two Russians, two East Germans, two Americans and a Cuban. Now, eerily, he has a shot at a medal as bronze as the Sphinx...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: It's A Global Affair | 7/30/1984 | See Source »

...designed herself, Brinkley wants "to design clothes that are comfortable. These are not going to be skimpy bathing suits cut up to here. These are suits my mom can wear too." Considerate dads might want to go out and buy their wives a copy of Brinkley's workout book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 2, 1984 | 7/2/1984 | See Source »

Since she developed a knack for turning big behinds into big bucks, Activist-Actress-Activity Buff Jane Fonda, 46, has been speaking out more against flab than against the Government. But when Fonda announced plans to promote her new line of sweats and other workout clothes in a series of department stores throughout the country, a wave of resentment from her political past washed out her personal appearances one by one. Hundreds of angry callers, citing her antiwar actions during the Viet Nam era, detoured her scheduled stopovers in New Orleans, Miami and New York City (though she made quiet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 12, 1984 | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

Thomas Unterberg: Staying on the Run. On a typical weekday Unterberg rises at 6 a.m. and dons a sweatsuit. From his Park Avenue apartment, he runs 28 blocks to a health club for a 45-minute workout and then runs back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Four Financial Genies | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

Blame it on Flashdance. A seemingly impossible combination of a feminist Rocky, a bar girl Fame and Jane Fonda's Workout, Flashdance was planned before MTV even got on the air, and was in production when MTV first started to catch on. Critics, nevertheless, delighted in enumerating the movie's improbabilities and disparagingly pointed out its resemblance to a rock video. None of that seemed to trouble the paying public, which has forked over nearly $93 million to see Flashdance in the theater, an additional $47 million for the sound track and some $8 million for the privilege...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sing a Song of Seeing | 12/26/1983 | See Source »

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