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...retired, jailed or shipped to Moscow three members of the Afghan Politburo and several from the Central Committee. The regime claims to have 500,000 men under arms, but the figure appears to be grossly inflated. Though the Afghan army includes some well-trained and experienced units, like the 37th Commando Brigade, it is made up mostly of conscripts, many of whom are less than eager to fight for the regime. Apparently aware that a number of units are unreliable, the President has created an elite guard drawn from various security forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan Waiting for the End | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

Harvard's Suzanne Jones finished 37th in the NCAA five-kilometer race yesterday in Ames, Iowa, on the campus of Iowa State. She finished in a time of 17:22. Michelle Dekkers of Indiana University captured first place in a time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jones Nabs 37th In NCAA Race | 11/22/1988 | See Source »

...That blast was Bob Horner's 37th homer of the season. Ever since he took that plane back from Japan...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Opening Daydream | 3/25/1988 | See Source »

Only a handful of hockey teams play below the 37th parallel. For instance, the Los Angeles Kings, Northern Arizona University, of Alabama-Huntsville and U.S. International...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Bright Ice Chills Gypsy Eagles | 2/5/1988 | See Source »

Early on the day Arthur Christ Agnos was elected the 37th mayor of San Francisco, a violent storm unexpectedly swept across the city, dumping hail, downing power lines, flooding streets. For a brief time chaos reigned. But shortly after the polls closed in last week's runoff election, it was apparent that a bigger gale had been spawned by Agnos himself. The candidate, once a little-known state assemblyman, blew away John Molinari, president of San Francisco's board of supervisors, with an overwhelming 70% of the vote. A voluble former social worker who arrived in San Francisco from Springfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Upstart Mayor, a Shaky Future | 12/21/1987 | See Source »

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