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This trio hardly ever gave up an odd-man break against and was perhaps the best forward line at the end of last season. While the three haven't put up the same offensive numbers that a Martins line might, they do generate a lot of clutch offense--for example, Karmanos scored only five goals, but four of them were game-winners...
...determined to keep that from happening. The Pentagon, in its sternest tones, announced that 4,000 U.S. troops would immediately be dispatched to Kuwait to beef up forces already in the area. The carrier U.S.S. George Washington and a clutch of cruise missile-carrying warships were moved into the Persian Gulf. Secretary of State Warren Christopher added a Kuwait stop to his Middle East tour this week to reaffirm U.S. support for the beleaguered emirate. And to avoid the sort of misunderstandings that may have led to the Gulf War, Bill Clinton issued a clear warning to Saddam: "It would...
...this is a symptom of sport, not just soccer. Roger Neilson nearly led the expansion and relatively talent-barren Florida Panthers to the NHL playoffs last year by emphasizing the clutch-and-grab tactics of the neutral zone trap and banking on good goal-tending (i.e. John Vanbiesbrouck) to save them when the trap failed...
...Contract with America" signed by Republicans last week gives them a clutch of red-meat issues with which to energize voters angry at the Democrats and encourages those voters to turn out -- a particular concern in midterm elections, when only about 35% to 40% of those eligible cast ballots. Already, Democratic candidates have been spooked by high Republican turnout in the primaries -- and low turnout among Democrats. "The Republican base vote is more motivated than ours this year," said Donald Sweitzer, political director of the Democratic National Committee. "We don't have a lot of sexy, hot- button issues...
...said it in these pages before, but such moments really do define sport--"the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat," as Roone Arledge spelled it out for ABC long, long ago. Moments that give you chills time and time again--maybe a clutch foul shot you sank to win a game, maybe a broadcaster's patriotic outcry of "Do you believe in miracles? Yes!"--are what bring you back...