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...just once a week, but, she says, "I just got better and better, and so the people who ran the acrobatics class decided to start a gymnastics club so I could train to see if I could keep improving." By 14, she knew she could strike for the first rank if she could find the right coach...
...Neguib: "I do not know how to get the maximum power from my body. My movements are still rough." His full-time job as a police officer in Cairo limits his daily workout to spare time. Before the Soviet-bloc pullout, Neguib guessed his average throw (203 ft.) might rank him eighth in the world, behind two Russians, two East Germans, two Americans and a Cuban. Now, eerily, he has a shot at a medal as bronze as the Sphinx...
...workable venture. They argue that the bank could become too bogged down in bureaucracy to compete profitably with other banks. Staff morale at Continental would probably suffer, and top executives would leave the bank. At one time the largest commercial and industrial lender in the U.S., Continental would rank as only a regional player, half the size of its former head-to-head rival, First Chicago (assets: $40.5 billion...
Murphy's 32 years on the force give him high seniority everywhere but inside his own family: his father Cornelius Sr. retired in 1965, after 38 years, with the rank of deputy chief, and his brother Daniel is chief of the department's intelligence division, with 34 years of service. Since winning the top job in 1980, Murphy has worked hard to instill discipline in a department that is relatively inexperienced (70% of its officers have been on the force five years or less) and that on occasion has lost control of crowds, most recently during a speech...
...named French dele gate-general in Algeria when De Gaulle came to power in 1958. De Gaulle proceeded toward independence and ousted Salan, who later went underground. Captured in 1962 and sentenced to Life in prison, he was pardoned by De Gaulle in 1968; his rank and pension were restored two years...