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...N.B.A. finals, so it was in the World Series: New York vs. Houston. A titanic tussle! Great glove work by Don Mattingly (his first Series in a noble 13-year career) and, for the Astros, some clutch hits by Yankee reject Andy Stankiewicz. The seventh game was a 1-1 tie after 26 innings, equaling the record set by Brooklyn and Boston in 1920. In the top of the 27th, the Yanks got four runs off late-season call-back Mitch Williams. In the home half of the inning, Houston loaded the bases but had exhausted its roster. Who would...
...watched Game 6 with 15 Knicks fans ready to celebrate if the New Yorkers managed to prevail. When Cambridge native Patrick Ewing missed those two open-court lay-ups and drew and offensive interference, I clapped. Loudly. When Kenny Smith nailed that clutch three-pointer with about two minutes left, I did a moonwalk. And when Hakeem Olajuwon got a piece of John Starks' final shot of the game, sealing the Rocket victory, I danced and cheered and nearly had my face punched...
Speaking of Boston, it was a joy to see them bums get swept here in the Bronx. It's getting kind of old though. Do these guys ever win a big series, or a game for that matter, against our Yanks? About as often as Scottie Pippen hits a clutch shot...
...Cuba. The united States has maintained a tight embargo on Cuba for over 30 years. The effects of this embargo on the Cuban economy are arguably much worse than the effects that the annulment of MFN would have on the Chinese economy. Yet Castro has maintained a firm clutch on the reigns of his Communist regime, while the citizens of his dictatorship have suffered the combined economic consequences of both his economic policies and the U.S. embargo...
Whatever officials like Cahn may have concluded, however, average Guatemalans continue to clutch their children when they see foreigners on the streets...