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Heeling the Devil: Last year's champion Duke Blue Devils--who defeated Harvard, 3-1, in the 1986 semifinals--have already been eliminated from the NCAA tournament. The Tarheels of North Carolina burned the favored Devils, 2-0, in first-round action last weekend...
...expected to be only 2% next year, because of a deeply ingrained memory of the hyperinflation the country experienced in the 1920s. Says West German Economist Dieter Mertens: "Inflation is regarded by most Germans as on a par with Communist domination and morally equivalent to the work of the devil." Even a rate of 3% or 4% is unacceptably high to Finance Minister Stoltenberg, whose resistance to foreign prodding has earned him the nickname "Ice Prince" among U.S. economic officials. The 59-year-old, white-haired Stoltenberg, the son of a Protestant pastor, is revered in West Germany...
Anyway, the game started, and I noticed that only one WCHC announcer had arrived--the "color man" was missing. This one guy was having a devil of a time by himself, spouting play-by-play a mile a minute at the same time he tried to give some background on the game...
...dudes, welcome and, like, everybody help yourself to some heinous devil-weed," said Nancy, toking hard from a gold plated roach-clip...
Attracting much attention from the exhibitgoers, was the "disappearing devil fan." A large replica is on display for people to try and figure out. Designed to rotate in a limited manner, the puzzle is created by fastening two concentric circles together. The idea is that when the puzzle is in its original position, you can count 13 devils. But when you rotate one of the circles just a little bit, one of the devils disappears...