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Want a real blast? The thrill of a ride in space seems so enticing to adventurous Americans that callers last week jammed the lines of a Houston company that offered a chance to win a trip to Soviet space station Mir. The winner of the sweepstakes would have to train for as long as six months in the Soviet Union but would also get $500,000. Or if he or she got cold feet and decided to pass up the rocket ride, the earthbound consolation prize would be $1.5 million...
Cyrano de Bergerac Moonlit idealism and moonstruck love, dashing swordplay and flashing wordplay, bold intelligence and bustling spectacle . . . And the winner is -- by more than a nose -- Gerard Depardieu...
...lone superstar of body building, earning the Mr. Olympia title an unprecedented seven times, Mr. Universe, five. At the climax of the documentary film Pumping Iron, which chronicles Schwarzenegger's last Mr. Olympia contest before retiring, the announcer tries to work some suspense into his revelation of the winner's name. But when he says, "The one and only . . . ," a broad grin breaks over Arnold's face. Who else could deserve that title...
Ivanov said there may be a sentiment of "arrogance" in Japan because of a feeling that it was the "winner of the Cold War." As the Soviet Union is forced to face crisis after crisis and the U.S. loses its influence as a major financial power, "Japan can take a risk of not improving relations with the USSR," he said...
...relaxing question," said another interviewer with a perverted smile peeking across his lips. "You win a lottery. But it's no ordinary lottery. As a winner, you get to choose to eat dinner with two people from all of history. Who would you choose? Why do you choose them? And what would you serve...