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...Finland defeated the United States 7-2 in the World Ice Hockey Championships in Alba di Canazei, Italy. The U.S. is 3-2-0 in preliminary round action...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NBA PLAYOFFS | 5/3/1994 | See Source »

...European Union reached agreements with Austria, Sweden and Finland on terms for membership beginning in 1995. Talks with Norway continue. Each of the four countries must now hold a national referendum on E.U. membership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week February 27 - March 5 | 3/14/1994 | See Source »

...Vermont recruits a lot of skiers from Scandanavia--from Norway and Finland," Leggett said. "There's a little bit of resentment because of that, but it does elevate the level of competition...

Author: By Anand S. Joshi, | Title: Skiers Happy With Performance at Middlebury | 2/28/1994 | See Source »

...poverty, maleness and a trait known as "impulsivity," presumably caused by bad brain chemistry, caused in turn by bad genes. What, you may ask, is impulsivity? The standard answer tends to involve people who can't control their emotions or who get into bar fights. A study conducted in Finland found that men so characterized tend to be deficient in the brain hormone serotonin -- one of several chemical messengers that transmit signals between nerve cells. In another study researchers found that the men in a Dutch family with a history of male violence seemed to lack the ability to break...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Born to Raise Hell? | 2/21/1994 | See Source »

...Finland's first direct presidential elections since the country gained independence from Russia in 1917, a former U.N. mediator has won the presidency. Martti Ahtisaari, 56, owes his ballotbox victory primarily to promises to battle recession. Now in its third year, Finland's present economic slump is its worst in 60 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week February 6-12 | 2/21/1994 | See Source »

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