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...Harvard sledder complained that Gault, who was a world-class sprinter before playing football, hadn't been to Olympic trials and still didn't have good enough times to qualify. In interviews after his dismissal, LaVigne charged that Gault's addition to the team was part of "an arrangement" by the U.S. Bobsled Federation to bring media attention to the relatively-unknown winter sport...
...train, has filed a grievance with the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and the United States Bobsled Federation because he was removed last week from his position as brakeman on USA III, the alternate four-man bobsled. Willie Gault, a wide receiver for the Chicago Bears and a world-class sprinter, has taken La Vigne's place on the team...
Less than two weeks before his scheduled participation in this February's Calgary Olympics as a member of the U.S. bobsled team, a Harvard senior learned that he had been replaced by world-class sprinter and Chicago Bears wide receiver, Willie Gault...
...heart, from Sleep and His Brother, set at a clinic for children doomed to compulsive somnolence and early death, to The Poison Oracle, centering on linguistic research among apes at a desert sultanate's laboratory. Perfect Gallows (Pantheon; 234 pages; $16.95) traces the psychic development of a world-class actor who through much of the narrative has barely set foot on a stage, yet feels absolutely certain of his craft and ultimate triumph...
...long decline of the dollar, which encouraged U.S. exports and made imports less competitive. Says Lynch: "The popular opinion is that America is no longer competitive. But I was getting the feeling that from a combination of cost cutting and the weaker dollar America was creating a world-class competitive environment...