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Griffin's counterpart, John McEwan, did not fare as well, kicking so poorly that sophomore Colby Skelton was only able to get his hands on one punt. That was unfortunate for the Crimson, since Skelton is averaging 9.2 yards per return...
...Monday's summit, Boris Yeltsin and President Clinton decided to let their military men figure out how best to stage a joint peacekeeping operation in Bosnia. Friday afternoon, Russian defense minister Pavel Grachev and his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of Defense William Perry, agreed on a force of "several thousand." But the two sides failed to resolve the central issue: whether the Russian troops will serve under NATO command. Yuri Zarakhovich reports from Moscow: "Yeltsin cannot afford placing Russian units under Western command -- not on the verge of the elections to the Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament, which...
Russian defense minister Pavel Grachev is meeting with his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of Defense William Perry in an effort to resolve the issue of whether Russian combat troops will take part in a peacekeeping mission in Bosnia. Yuri Zarakhovich reports from Moscow that the main stumbling blocks involve capital, both economic and political: "Originally, Russia intended to field a division in Bosnia, but the Russian government recognizes that deploying a full division (roughly 20,000 troops) overseas will be too much of a financial strain to the impoverished Russian state. Now, they talk in terms of a couple of regiments...
While Bill Clinton has threatened to veto some issues, last year's Republican sweep has put the Western lawmakers, many of whom are longtime members of Congress, into a position to make good on their agenda. In the Senate, for example, Alaska's Frank Murkowski heads the counterpart panel to Young's House committee on resources. Between them, the two ferociously prodevelopment Alaskans oversee most of the natural-resources legislation that comes before Congress. Alaska's other Republican Senator, Ted Stevens, runs the Governmental Affairs Committee. That gives him a line of fire on the U.S. Forest Service, which oversees...
...Harvard's version of Midnight Madness enjoys anything near the success of its B.U. counterpart, however, Tomassoni, Konik, Tracy and company will have accomplished their goal...