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...Calgary may be his last hurrah. He will be missed, both for his sleepy off-course demeanor (hence his nickname "the Sack") and his sportsmanship; at the 1980 Olympics he offered to share the gold medal in the 15-km with a Finnish skier who finished a whisker-thin two- thousandths of a second behind him. Wassberg took much of 1986 off, then stormed back last year, and could win the 30-km race...
...pole vault, Hingsen nearly succumbed to the decathlete's nightmare: disqualification for not making height. Before vaulting, he had thrown up twice, and on his first two tries at 14 ft. 9 in. he looked like a clumsy fledgling. On his third effort he cleared it by a whisker, but that was as high as he went. Under the point system, each inch in the vault is worth about 6 points, making it a disproportionately weighted event. So with Hingsen grounded, Thompson rose for the kill. When he cleared 16 ft. 4¾ in., he delightedly executed a back...
After a sweeping state-by-state political analysis, he predicted that Walter Mondale will be the Democratic nominee, sharing the ticket with either Colorado Senator Gary Hart or Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen. And the November winner? Reagan by a whisker. "I wouldn't bet the farm on it, but I'd bet the main house," said Nixon. "I wouldn't even bet the outhouse on Mondale...
Despite starting a whisker late, Salomon caught up fast. Of the $30 billion worth of zeros that have so far been sold, the big investment banker has moved about $12 billion. Merrill Lynch accounts for sales of $11 billion more of the securities, while such big brokerages...
...seems merely reasonable. Lewis, who turns 22 this week, possesses powers far from their peak. But he may already be the premier track and field athlete of his generation-the modern equivalent of his idol, Jesse Owens. Last year Lewis jumped nearly 30 ft., but fouled by an undetectable whisker. Meanwhile, track watchers are already muttering about...