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...strong that many G.I.s lost or abandoned their weapons before reaching land; instead of one German battalion guarding the shore, the Americans arrived to find three, which immediately pinned down the invaders under murderous fire. Several participants reported later that Clinton seemed fascinated to learn that the most important feat of American arms in the 20th century had been riddled with so many errors...
...John Wetteland have all spent time on the disabled list -- Smith has been the game's best stopper, saving 12 games in 12 tries without allowing a run in 10 2/3 innings through Sunday. He had a save in 12 of his team's first 23 games, a feat no other pitcher has accomplished. Suddenly the one-year, $1.5 million deal that the Orioles gave Smith in January looks like a bargain, one the Yankees (Smith's previous employer) and a few other teams probably wish they had anted...
...performance was particularly impressive. The Pleasant Valley Country Club is host to the PGA tour's Bank of Boston classic, and is said to be home to the largest greens on the tour. On the second day, Wylie hit 15 greens on his first shot--an extremely impressive feat...
...uniquely Nixonian feat, the moral turpitude that marred his presidency will continue even after his death. In his book Beyond Peace, which is due out next month, Nixon writes, "Today, China's economic power makes U.S. lectures about human rights imprudent. Within a decade it will make them irrelevant. Within two decades it will make them laughable...
...strongest crosscurrents, however, cut across the whole economy. "Americans have to cope with job change on a scale never before seen in this country," says Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. The economy, in fact, has accomplished the weird feat of combining a fairly brisk pace of job creation with a record rate of layoffs. Reich notes that job creation for the past six months has averaged 200,000 a month. But the increase over the past three years is about a third below the pace of earlier recoveries. Much worse, Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a Chicago-based outplacement firm, counted...