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Weeks go by without any mention of baseball on the news. Those of us who read the paper wonder why we didn't cancel our subscription after the World Series. And even though I try to fight it for a while, I start to pay attention to the front page again...
...Russia under a nationalist or neocommunist banner could be a disaster for its neighbors and the West. It would force reassessment of policies thoroughly changed by the end of the cold war. The prospect of facing an unfriendly Russia once more might force the Clinton Administration not just to cancel some planned Pentagon budget cuts but to begin beefing up military spending again, dashing hopes for reducing the budget deficit...
What activities were available for seniors who couldn't leave Cambridge this winter? "That's a really good question," said Johanna T. Chao, assistant director of the Cambridge Council on Aging. "We had to cancel many," she said, blaming the weather...
Assembled in the ornately pilastered hall of the Great Kremlin Palace, the Deputies unhesitatingly voted by large majorities to cancel all previous power-sharing compromises with Yeltsin, ban the April referendum, strip away the President's power to issue decrees and put the Cabinet under parliamentary control. In effect, the executive branch was neutralized and parliament took over as arbiter of personnel and policy. On Friday, when the President's proposed amendments were rejected overwhelmingly, a grim-faced Yeltsin strode out of the hall...
...couple of games have already been rescheduled: the men's lacrosse team will not kick off their season against traditional opening-day rival C.W. Post, but will open this weekend on the road at Cornell. And the women's lacrosse team had to cancel last night's game against Massachusetts--for obvious reasons...