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...region. In the event of a conflict with China, the Russians want to be certain that no Western power could seize upon an unresolved territorial issue as the pretext for an attack. In addition, the Soviets would welcome a more relaxed atmosphere in Europe for two reasons. They could avail themselves of badly needed Western technological and economic cooperation, and would be able to place pressure on the U.S. to withdraw its forces from Europe, thus leaving the Soviet Union as the dominant military power in the area...
...with the Jox's Davis and Derek Bok for fighting. The Administration's Stephen "No-Nox or Low Lead, Sir" Farber was ejected for dumping a grocery sack of complimentary gasoline credit cards on O'Rourke's head after he was mauled. He argued the littering call to no avail and also refused to comment as to the source of the aforementioned lines of credit...
...known as DELASEM (Delegation for Assistance to Jewish Emigrants). He reports that Father Marie-Benoít, the now legendary Capuchin friar who headed DELASEM and risked his safety daily during the war to hide, feed and help thousands of Jews, twice approached the Vatican for loans-to no avail. After the publication of Waagenaar's book, Marie-Benoit, now living in Paris, wrote to the author to confirm his account: "DELASEM never received anything from the Vatican...
...think scientifically," said Roger Barrett, a member of the high-ranked Fuchsia team from Berkeley, Calif. He and his cohorts had practiced such exotic deliveries as sidearms, thumbers, under-hands and upside-down wrist flips no less than three hours a day for months -but to no avail. They lost in the finals to the defending champion Highland Avenue Aces of Wilmette, 111., who had coolly scouted out the weak spots in the Californians' game. During the match, the winners destroyed Fuchsia's confidence with a steady stream of verbal taunts. The Aces' reward: the Julius...
Eight-Foot Wave. Hardest hit by far was Pennsylvania, where rampaging rivers slashed through dikes, destroying factories, homes, shops and theaters. In Wilkes-Barre, thousands of volunteer dike-builders worked frantically to stem the surging Susquehanna-to no avail. When the river burst the sandbagged levee, an eight-foot wave surged through Wilkes-Barre's central business district. "My God," a volunteer wept, "we just couldn't do it." Finally, the water receded, leaving a three-inch layer of sour-smelling muck on everything it touched...