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...sprawling Hofburg, the Habsburg dynasty's Imperial Palace. Vienna officials were taking the summit preparations very much in stride. The Redoutensaal was occupied last week by negotiators at the interminable M.B.F.R. talks on troop reductions in Central Europe. Not until this week could workmen begin erecting bleacher seats for the 1,200 journalists expected to witness the SALT II signing. That the agreement on nuclear weapons will be signed in the Hofburg seemed fitting: the palace was a headquarters of the 1814-15 Congress of Vienna, which achieved a balance of power in Europe that lasted for nearly...
...comes from Louisville, Ky. but can name you more old Chicago Cub stars than practically any Wrigley Field bleacher...
...entered the building, a country band struck up the tune Cotton-Eyed Joe, and the crowd of 1,500 people, mostly well-to-do Texans who had paid $50 each for their bleacher seats, began clapping rhythmically and yelling "whoopee" and "ah ha." When Teng put on a ten-gallon hat, the crowd howled with delight. He took off the hat and waved it cowboy-style over his head. To open the show, Teng and Foreign Minister Huang rode twice around the arena in a stagecoach drawn by two horses. The Vice Premier waved happily to the crowd and returned...
There is no doubt that Lee has an opinion on the Red Sox' recent decision to raise the aggregate cost of bleacher seats, and to make them reserved seats. But regardless of the Spaceman, the Bostonhordes will stream into Fenway Park as usual next spring, with the same hopes--and a little more skepticism...
...close out the season with afternoon games Saturday and Sunday against the Blue Jays. Starting time is 2:00, so be at Fenway around 12:30 to be sure of bleacher seats...