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While they were busy rolling, at least the team didn't suffer through two weeks of redundant drills racked with self-doubts about their own ability. No matter how distant, the two outings before winter's last(?) gasp were encouraging. There's little reason the squad can't pick up where it left off, especially considering the psychological boost in Brendan Meagher's return...
Kollek prefers to concentrate on solving specific problems, on making the city work. "If we look to everybody's distant expectations," he says, "then we keep getting a little farther away from each other, but if we look at everyday activities, we are getting closer. There is no ultimate solution here. Is there a solution for the problems of Chicago? Or New York? In not solving the problems of your cities, don't you try to grapple with questions as they come up, to answer them piecemeal...
...years, London has said it would cede the territory to Argentina only if the islanders were willing. So far, they have been opposed to the idea, preferring a distant relationship with Britain to union with chronically unstable Argentina...
...polls showed former Gov. Michael Dukakis comfortably in the lead, claiming 50 to 70 percent of the vote. Gov. Edward J. King still trails, with one-third to one-fourth of those polled backing him, while Lt. Gov. Thomas P.O'Neill III is edging out "undecided" voters for a distant third place...
Portillo was marked, say some residents, because the guerrillas learned that he was a distant relative of the mansion's owner. Others say that he was shot because he refused to open the door, or because the rebels wanted him for something he had done in another village. "It was an accident," insists the village priest, Father Sebastián. But no one really knows. All that remains is three small holes in a door...