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...Moscow. Weeks before, Kuznetsov had set a world rec ord of 8,014 points. In one of the memorable duels in sports history. Johnson defeated Kuznetsov 8,302 v. 7,897 to regain the world record-and find himself a hero to the Russians. Johnson was kissed on the cheek by Kuznetsov, a bouquet of flowers was pressed into his huge hand, and a band of jubilant Russians later tossed him into the air in triumph. "I'd gone over there thinking we'd be abused one way or the other," says Johnson. "But they cheered the performance...
...Your cover story read like a watered-down satire with tongue on rye, instead of tongue in cheek, until I reached the perceptive quote from School Psychologist Koss. The quotes that followed, especially the one from "Anti-Conformity Leaguer" Ginger Powers [whose league disbanded because it was becoming too organized], quieted my fear that even TIME had fallen into the easy rut of sameness that suburban living is apt to breed...
...Louse. Obermaier's column has become required reading on casting couches from Berlin to Bel Air. As he travels to the world's watering holes frequented by celebrities, he keeps forked tongue in cheek. In St. Anton, Austria, a ski resort, he wrote of the Shah of Iran's exwife: "On the slopes, Soraya still behaved like a queen, was especially careful not to let any spill mar her majesty. She also refused to queue up at the snack bar. But she had to turn democratic afterward. There was no way of beating the queue in front...
...years. Sure enough, 82% of bleeding crises occurred between the moon's first and third quarters. Actually, says the doctor, writing in the Journal of the Florida Medical Association, the disproportion was even greater because fewer patients were admitted around full moon. "Perhaps," he suggests, tongue slightly in cheek, "laymen know more about this than we do and are reluctant to enter the hospital at this time." To make doubly sure of his findings, Dr. Andrews got a colleague to keep the same type of records-with the same results...
...Commonwealth of Virginia has seen its share of dramatic horse shows in the past 300 years, but none has ever involved so much high-powered sponsorship as the one now going on in Richmond. Director Leslie Cheek Jr. of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts first began working on it back in 1954, when two sporting gentlemen on his board of trustees fell to talking about their favorite subject. Trustee Paul Mellon agreed to help raise the money, and both President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth were signed on as honorary patrons. Gradually-from the stately homes of England...