Olympic Decathlon Olympic Decathlon Olympic Decathlon is a sports game written by Timothy W. Smith for the TRS-80 and published in 1980 by Microsoft. In the game, the player competes in ten track and field events. The gold medalist for decathlon in the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics, Bruce Jenner, is a character. It was ported to the Apple II in 1981. The 1982 version for the IBM PC was renamed Microsoft Decathlon. The ten events in the game are the 100m run, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m run, 100m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, and 1500m run. The running events
What Men Live By What Men Live By "What Men Live By" is a short story written by Russian author Leo Tolstoy in 1885. It is one of the short stories included in his collection "What Men Live By, and Other Tales", published in 1885. The compilation also included the written pieces "The Three Questions", , and "How Much Land Does a Man Need?". Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn refers to the story in "Cancer Ward". Simon – A humble shoemaker Matrena – Wife of Simon Michael – Angel punished by God and is turned into a mortal A kind and humble shoemaker maker called Simon goes