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Article: Costa Rican Poll Makes a Big Splash
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- The Washington Post
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- August 12, 1987
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She reminds you of summer camp, when a counselor would ask who
wanted to swim what events in the big meet. Silvia Poll is the kid
who would wave her hand wildly and chirp: "Can I swim in all of 'em?"
She is the major splash of the Pan American Games so far, helping
Costa Rica to earn a dreamy double within a period of slightly more
than a few days-in politics and in sport.
The Americas snapped to attention last week when Costa Rica
proposed the regional peace plan four of its troubled neighbors also
signed.
That is partly why 16-year-old Poll had not yet received a
congratulatory call from Costa Rica's president, Oscar Arias Sanchez,
early yesterday.
"He had a lot of things on his ...