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...highest-paid performer in Hollywood, and all at once, everybody seemed to be doing imitations. "I became suddenly a star seen in the third person, even to myself," she said. "It didn't frighten me. I got fun out of being a legend and an institution." During World War II, her name was on every soldier's lips, and inflatable chest life preservers were known as Mae Wests...
Subways, buses, and commuter trains will operate as usual this week, but the state's embattled transit system remains in limbo, pending a ruling by Massachusett's highest court...
...first player to be named to an All-Ivy first team and last year's highest-scoring defenseman, Norton--who will switch to the centerposition this year--will probably prove key in tonight's season opener against B.U. at the Terrier's Walter Brown Arena...
...feeble 2%, is expected to drop to almost zero, as rising prices for imported oil and increased foreign competition weaken the heavily export-based economy. The balance of payments deficit, which was $1 billion in 1979, will probably balloon this year to $20 billion, which would be the highest of any industrialized nation. West Germany has also accumulated a national debt so large-it now totals $231.8 billion -that it became a highly emotional issue during the recent election campaign. All of this has prompted many holders of marks to switch into dollars, pounds and francs in order to cash...
...Japanese it means king. In Japanese baseball it means the King: Sadaharu Oh, highest-paid athlete in Asia, with an estimated career income of $7.5 million. Honored bearer of uniform No. 1 for Tokyo's Yomiuri Giants, he led the team to 13 Central League pennant titles and twelve Japan Series victories in 21 years. Sadaharu is a lefthanded power hitter with a .301 career average and 868 home runs to his credit, more than Babe Ruth's 714, more than Hank Aaron's 755. Oh, what a commotion when Oh-san, now 40, retired! Five sports...