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Much as the U.S. and its allies would like to see an independent Lithuania, that goal runs a poor second to their desire to remain on friendly terms with Gorbachev. If Lithuania provokes a blast of East-West acrimony, notes a senior British diplomat, "it could plunge us back into the cold war." The process of arms reduction would probably halt, and perhaps reverse. The democratization of Eastern Europe would be imperiled, as would prospects for a smooth unification of the Germanys. A return to superpower tensions would also bolster the influence of conservatives in Moscow and undercut Gorbachev...
...Crimson might have scored another 10 runs had it not been for the outstanding play of MIT's centerfielder, who robbed Scanlan and first basemen Nick Del Vecchio of home runs. Conjuring up images of the outfielder in "The Natural" running through the wall to catch Roy Hobbs' blast, the MIT centerfielder fell over the collapsible fence to snag Del Vecchio's shot, one of his 10 putouts...
President Fidel Castro denounced the broadcasts as "subversive" and a violation of Cuban sovereignty. But rather than jamming TV Marti, his best revenge might be to broadcast his own long-winded speeches into the U.S. A recent blast from Cuba was heard on radios as far away as Nashville...
Atomic weapons were on the mind of a buyer for Iraq when he contacted a California manufacturer of capacitors in September 1988. One year later, he struck a deal for 40 capacitors powerful enough to detonate a nuclear blast. Last week U.S. and British customs investigators seized the cargo in a freight shed at London's Heathrow Airport and arrested four people in connection with the attempt to smuggle arms into Iraq...
...than thrilled about his 60th birthday two weeks ago. In fact, he told a Crimson reporter he felt "awful." But never one for self-pity, the new sextagenarian set out to reclaim some of his lost youth over Spring Break--in Bermuda. Bok told the Crimson he had a blast on his tropical vacation, and especially enjoyed riding mopeds with his daughter...