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German students spending their summer at Harvard reacted nonchalantly to their soccer team's 1-0 World Cup championship win over Argentina Sunday...
Germany won after a controversial call gave Andreas Brehme a penalty kick late in the game. But while the Germans scored only once, they controlled the flow of the game throughout, allowing Argentina just one shot on goal...
These are not the best of times for Argentina's President Carlos Menem. When his wife Zulema barricaded herself and their two children within the presidential residence, he prudently left the country for a European sojourn, though not before signing a decree giving himself sole authority over who is allowed inside. When he returned home, he ousted Zulema, who then made a melodramatic scene in front of TV cameras. But these troubles pale before a new problem confronting Menem. Legions of superstitious Argentines have become convinced he is cursed with a hex. The alleged evidence: several of his Cabinet ministers...
Nations as diverse as West Germany, Israel, Argentina, South Africa and the Soviet Union have laws prohibiting desecration of their flags, and in many nations that do not (such as China), it may not be wise to test the issue. Even in the U.S., as Bush noted last week, "the law books are full of restrictions on free speech." It is not permissible to yell fire falsely in a crowded theater, as Oliver Wendell Holmes pointed out, and likewise it could be illegal to ignite a flag in one. Yet according to Duke University law school professor Walter Dellinger...
...improve its video profile. Traditional powers, including Brazil and West Germany, will probably dominate the fields. Italy's Azzurri, which boasts a muscular sophistication, has every intention of using home-field advantage to make Italy the first nation to win a fourth Cup. Holland's Edward Sturing and Argentina's Diego Maradona, perhaps the world's best player, figure to shine brightly among the game's top stars...