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...glance at the NFL illustrates that the NBA does a comparatively good job of aligning itself into geographically correct divisions which foster heated rivalries. But why go through this three-year transition period? Why must one of the potentially fiercest rivalries in the league, Miami and Orlando, wait two more years before they compete in the same division...
...ancient city now called Nimrud, located in what is present-day Iraq, was once the military capital of one of history's fiercest empires. When word first leaked out this summer that Iraqi archaeologists had discovered a major find at the site, scientists around the world were immediately intrigued. The reports told of remarkable archaeological treasures, including royal tombs heaped with gold jewelry of exquisite quality. But reliable information about the site was virtually impossible to obtain. The Iraqis refused to grant visas to the press or let any outsiders photograph the jewelry...
...side is the UMWA, the union that represents the practitioners of the single most dangerous occupation in the country. In its early days, the UMWA led miners against the unrestrained vigor of the fiercest union-busting efforts that American industry has ever attempted. Before the days of a powerful UMWA, miners suffered working conditions and company oppression that make Frank Lorenzo's Eastern seem a socialist utopia...
From Guadeloupe to Montserrat to St. Croix and Puerto Rico, one of the fiercest storms of the decade leaves a path of destruction. Charleston bears the brunt of the hurricane in the U.S. before it turns inland and diminishes. -- A ruling on embryos in Tennessee may complicate the debate over abortion...
Frederic assaulted the Bahamas, Alabama and Mississippi just two weeks after Hurricane David killed 1,200 people in the Dominican Republic, then spread destruction from Florida to Canada. Hugo was the fiercest storm to strike the U.S. East Coast since then. Last year, almost to the week, Gilbert, a maximum Category 5 hurricane with 175-m.p.h. winds, had howled along a more westerly course, pounding Jamaica before stomping into Mexico and the U.S. Gulf Coast...