Word: berserker
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...relatively mild language led Washington to believe that although Castro is not in any real trouble, he may have begun to realize that the exodus is making his tattered regime look like a dismal failure throughout Latin America. Says a senior Administration official: "The signals have gone from appearing berserk to showing some restraint. The question now is: Will the real Fidel Castro stand...
...middle of the road with a Doberman pinscher, burning dollar bills. The officers, Katherine Perkins, 35, and Glenda Rudolph, 26, radioed for help and tried to persuade the man to come along quietly. Before they could make the arrest. Sergeant Paul Janness, 31, arrived. The naked man went berserk, flailing away at the policeman. Janness was badly beaten, and claimed that the two policewomen failed to come to his aid. When witnesses agreed, Perkins and Rudolph were charged with cowardice...
...moment was sweeter for the Americans than the last instant in the 4-3 hockey victory over the Soviets. The berserk din in the Olympic arena must have been dimly audible at the Canadian border 50 miles away. Anyone on the International Olympic Committee who thought that politics has nothing to do with the Games should have sampled the crowd's ear-splitting roar: "U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!" The feisty young American players began by raising their sticks toward the rafters in an eruption of glad amazement, and ended by arcing them into the cheering crowd for souvenirs...
Bullion goes berserk as investors chase it to mid highs
Computer technicians repaired the system by midnight, but a second break-down occurred a little before 1 a.m., when a leak in the dehumidifier caused the system to short circuit. "The water was running down the walls, and then everything went berserk," Mark Bennett '82, said yesterday...