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NATION: NATO unclenches its iron fist but stops short of lending Gorbachev a hand...
...took me a while after my first Sox season to realize that, for the team's fans, disappointment was the rule rather than the exception. At the time, in my youthful zeal, my fist would punish a nearby chair, the floor or even my own thigh at the sight of a Sox miscue. After the season, I almost could not finish Sparky Lyle's The Bronx Zoo, which painstakingly recounted and reveled in the 1978 tragedy...
...think that as I've gotten older, I have put the Sox' problems in the proper perspective. I do actually enjoy going to games when the Red Sox lose. I have no trouble watching a game without slamming my fist down. And, though it opened a few healing wounds, I must confess that I hardly resisted the opportunity to relive the 1986 fiasco through Roger Angell's Season Ticket...
...managed basic reforms, but they represent a challenge to Gorbachev simply by being in a position to experiment. Popov is one of the founders of the progressive Interregional Group in parliament, and he has criticized Ryzhkov's reform plan as a "fiction" that would leave "the same whip and fist" in charge. He advocates eliminating most of the huge Moscow-based industrial ministries, along with large slices of the bureaucracy...
Krass was appointed coach at Central Florida in 1982, the year after he graduated from the school and captained the team. The former topseed led his team beyond its wildest dreams, qualifying as the Southeast Regional's representative in the fist ever NCAA Division II tournament in 1982. Two players, Troy McQuagge and Mike deFranco, qualified for All-America status under Krass' leadership...