Word: bleachers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lenin Stadium, now 23 years old, has been thoroughly refurbished. On the newly installed track, times were slow last week, but that could have been partly because of the paucity of world-class sprinters. As at most Olympic venues, the seating is bleacher-style and tough on the back and posterior. Rest rooms are a testament to the Soviet bladder: one ladies' room, for example, serves for nearly 10,000 spectators with just three toilets...
...sports facilities are impressive the amenities anything but. Toilets are few, far between and largely unsanitary. Every mother's advice has never been more apropos: 'Go to the bathroom before you leave.' Bring a seat cushion-most of the stands are bleacher-style seating-and a pair of powerful binoculars to use in the immense stadiums. If possible, take taxis, buses and subways. Don't drive yourself: street signs are almost all in Russian and left turns are illegal in Moscow. Above all, be patient...
...fans around me had turned with a smile, obviously knowing a newcomer was about to get the full treatment from a bleacher sage...
Missing his T-shirt and sporting a mean sunburn, the wise old bleacher philosopher ambled from his seat, still talking of his mastery of the sport, his control of the odds and his long history with the game...
...next day, I kept a careful eye on Michigan Avenue, wondering if some die-hard Bleacher Bums would make my friend keep his promise. He never showed--not that I really expected...