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Contrary to popular belief in this country, the 1998 World Cup doesn't begin in Paris next June; it has already begun, and many fingernails will have been bitten twice and thrice over to the core around the world between now and the wrap-up of qualifying this December. And the United States faces a crucial series of games which begins on March 2 against Jamaica--no longer being the host nation, unlike last time, the U.S. must now struggle along with everyone else to earn a place on the world's grandest sporting stage...
...first waking thought is how to make the day unbearable for Democrats. So when you hear the House majority leader fairly purring about one of them--particularly one who happens to be the new White House budget chief--it's time to wonder: Has the thawing of partisan hatred begun? Is progress in the air? Or is someone about to get rolled...
Military authorities have begun questioning some of the Marines involved in the pinning incidents. Because the statute of limitations has elapsed, those responsible cannot be court-martialed; they can, however, be booted from the corps with a "less than honorable" administrative discharge. Krulak said the 1991 incident, apparently the more egregious one, involved 30 Marines, nine of whom are still on active duty. General John Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, seemed to raise the possibility last week that commanding officers could be held responsible. Said Shalikashvili: "Some leaders were involved and did not take the right steps...
...Yeltsin's crisis of health is setting off an equally severe crisis of confidence among his closest advisers. After a nasty brush with pneumonia and a reported relapse into depression, the chances that the 66-year-old President can serve out the remainder of his four-year term have begun to look increasingly uncertain. And the more doubtful his survival becomes, the more furiously members of Yeltsin's inner circle feel they must scramble for a solution to keep themselves in power. The biggest problem they face is that if Yeltsin were to pass from the scene tomorrow...
...large landlords in Cambridge are making windfall profits from the end of rent control," said Louise Dunlop. One real-estate company has allegedly begun a 20 percent rent increase across the board, and other realtors are following suit...