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Realtors and tour-group operators had less cause for cheer. Rental Agent Donald Roberts heard the news on his radio and thought, "Oh no, there goes everything." The owner of an Olympic accommodations service, Roberts had recently received reservations for a tour group of 1,200 from Yugoslavia and for 22 members of the Hungarian track-and-field team. Neither group had supplied a deposit, a condition normally required by listing agents and the many private home owners in Los Angeles who put their houses up for rent during the Games. Prospective landlords, however, cannot be quite as demanding...
...Eastern Europe Bureau Chief John Moody found himself learning all he could about the new Soviet bobsled. Atlanta Correspondent B.J. Phillips is an expert on figure skating, but last week she drew on her experience in writing about politics. "I've seen as much rough-and-tumble in Yugoslavia over the judging of events as I would have in covering the Georgia primary," she says. Associate Editor Tom Callahan is a veteran of two previous Olympics, but this is the first in which he played a physical role. While interviewing Puerto Rican Luger George Tucker before a practice...
...associated with an outbreak of peace, Sarajevo opened its snowy mountain passes to the world the past two weeks and made more than a fine impression. If not for a restaurateur named Fahrudin Sahid, Olympic guests might have thought that gulling and cadging were sports entirely unknown in Yugoslavia...
...service attended by 200 U.S.S.R. athletes and officials at the village, one of four eulogies was delivered by Tretiak, who seemingly allows exactly one goal a game. The team opened with a 12-1 win against Poland, and followed with 5-1 and 9-1 triumphs over Italy and Yugoslavia. Keeping the Soviets in single digits, believe it or not, required a heroic stand by Yugoslav Goaltender Cveto Pretnar, who had 61 saves. "Hajde Plavi!" (Go Blue!) chanted the home crowd. And when the blue-helmeted team actually scored, the cheering warmed the city...
...Some athletes need a gold medal to be set for life," he says. "I'm set for life already." For a commentary on the relative riches of men, the Yugoslavs tending drifts on the snowy hills were rewarded with candy bars. Most of the snowplows in Yugoslavia, and a few from Austria, are in Sarajevo. The rest of the country must be closed. The duty-free shop at the press center is open, but the saleswomen are fed up with stir-crazy writers. In both Serbo-Croatian and English, a warning sign reads: MARRIED. -By Tom Callahan. Reported...