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...short, impish professor of Greek extraction, Popov, 53, was elected mayor of Moscow last April. He and his reformist colleagues plan to open a computerized apartment-rental service and launch an industrial-commodities exchange to barter needed items among enterprises. They have also called for soup kitchens to help cushion the transition to a market economy. Popov and his city council have not managed basic reforms, but they represent a challenge to Gorbachev simply by being in a position to experiment. Popov is one of the founders of the progressive Interregional Group in parliament, and he has criticized Ryzhkov...
...Crimson almost lost it again againstseventh-ranked Michigan in the nightcap ofSaturday's slate of games, even though it carrieda four-goal cushion into the final quarter. ButHarvard wasn't about to let the Wolverines slipby, hanging...
...Crimson added solo runs in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings to pad the cushion for closer Fromholz, who had started six straight games for an injury-riddled Harvard team...
...Crimson picked up a run in the second, giving Sparrow a four-run cushion, which was all that she needed to secure the win. The freshman hurler pitched a spectacular game, yielding one earned run and striking out 10 in a seven inning complete game victory...
...would Bush be maneuvering if he didn't have the cushion of an approval rating hovering around 80%? If the economy were on the skids and his popularity at 40%, would he revert to the tough-guy rhetoric that characterized his presidential campaign? Would he have resisted reading the riot act to Kohl? Would he risk alienating America's powerful Jewish lobby by playing hardball with Shamir? No doubt Bush will have tough moments somewhere along the line -- and then we will have an answer...