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...pain of war and the threat of Soviet expansion have receded in Western Europe's memory, a new generation is uneasy with the perception that the Continent's fate is not in its own hands but in those of the superpowers. There are signs that Eastern Europe too is experiencing a change. Says Rumanian-born Political Scientist Pierre Hassner, a research fellow at Paris' National Foundation of Political Science: "There is a tension between the rigid East-West strategic balance on the one hand and changing popular attitudes and life-styles on the other. The security arrangement has guaranteed four...
Between eruptions, most East Europeans have come grudgingly to terms with their fate. They can even point to gains achieved after "liberation." The Communist regimes have all but conquered illiteracy, which stood at 40% in Hungary before the war and even higher in Rumania. They guarantee their citizens a free education, a job, free health care and an old-age pension. Says Hungarian Dissident Writer Gyorgy Konrad: "Peasants who used to go barefoot and hungry now drive cars and own homes...
With two outs in the seventh, Harvard appeared to have placed the tying run on base when Brown clubbed a hit down the left-field line. But in another twist of fate, the ball was judged foul by the home plate umpire and Brown was returned to the batter’s box, much to the dismay of Allard...
There are certain facets of softball, however, or any sport, beyond human influence. The little things, left up to fortune or fate. They are known as the breaks...
...three impact freshmen to those five hungry seniors, and the Crimson has its own version of “the young and the restless.” All three rookies look to be major contributors from the start, and the fate of the 2005 season could rest largely in the hands of its young talent...