Word: em
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...AMERICANOVAKIAN OPEN, summed up one headline. And, indeed, for the first time in ten-nis history, four -- count 'em, four -- Czechoslovak-born players reached the finals of the U.S. Open last week, the first time any single country was so well represented. When it was all over and done at New York City's National Tennis Center, Helena Sukova, 21, and Miloslav Mecir, 22, flew home to Czechoslovakia and hero's welcomes, while the victorious Czechomericans Ivan Lendl, 26, and Martina Navratilova, 29, collected their $210,000 prizes and stayed on in their adopted country. Although he is still...
...goal of the Saudis' tactic was to drive high-cost non-OPEC oil producers out of business and thus limit energy exploration. To some extent, the swamp 'em and stomp 'em strategy has worked. In the U.S., for example, the number of active drilling rigs has fallen from 1,911 a year ago to fewer than 800 today...
Technically, the procedure for U.S. military assistance called for Bolivian authorities to request the help. In practice, said a Defense Department official, "we sort of told 'em what to ask for." Even so, many Bolivian officials apparently expected to receive reconnaissance planes and helicopters similar to those provided outright to Mexico and Colombia. The spectacular arrival of troops, transport vehicles, trucks, tents and other supplies -- followed by reporters and camera crews trying to charter planes to follow the action -- left the country nonplussed. "All the publicity has been a little rough," said one official. "The operation is a little...
...Smoke 'em if you've got 'em" was the Army's traditional way of announcing a break for soldiers -- and it is no wonder that 52% of G.I.s smoke tobacco. Last week the newly health-conscious Army implemented a policy to stub out that hoary tradition. In a move assailed as "unjustified, unenforceable and unfortunate" by the Tobacco Institute, the service banned smoking in conference rooms, auditoriums, classrooms, all Army vehicles and at all times during basic training...
...script problems, so Eastwood sold it to the Marines. When Army veterans complained, the star remained above the battle."I've had complaints before on other things," he says. "I don't think about it too much." Despite the military trappings, Eastwood contends, this is "not just a shoot-'em-up. It has to do with relations with people." Not that Dirty Harry has necessarily retired; these days, "one must branch...