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...crisis session of the party leadership. According to Shatalin, one of the strongest opponents of his plan was Valentin Pavlov, who was then Finance Minister. It was Pavlov, recently appointed Prime Minister, who last month cast a chill on investors from abroad by accusing Westerners of plotting to flood the Soviet market with billions of rubles, wreck the economy and ultimately overthrow Gorbachev. Two weeks ago, the daily Moskovsky Komsomolets reported that Moscow party chief Yuri Prokofiev had said, "Gorbachev was forced to refuse the ((radical reform)) program at nighttime sessions of the Politburo...
...larger culture can help as well - particularly the media. It may be uncomfortable for any journalist to admit it, but the flood-the-zone coverage that usually follows mass murders simply confirms a potential killer's belief that what he sees as his small and inconsequential life can end on a large and monstrous chord, even if he won't be around to enjoy the transformation. "We glorify and revere these seemingly powerful people who take life," says Kaye. "Meanwhile, I bet you couldn't tell me the name of even one of Ted Bundy's victims...
...forever sacrificing themselves -silently, stoically, suicidally -for their kids. Fully three of the 10 Infante features end with some spiteful young person driving some dear old person to death, only to be flattened with a shocking revelation: "She's / he's your mother / father!" Cue tears that would flood the Rio Grande...
...Princeton held the Crimson scoreless for nearly 38 minutes of play on its way to a 9-3 victory.The first half was a disaster for Harvard, as the Crimson was unable to capitalize on three man-up opportunities and extended possessions.Co-captain John Henry Flood managed to continue his dominance at the faceoff X, winning six of eight in the opening quarters and 12 of 15 overall. The problem was not lack of minutes on offense, but rather an inability to put the ball in the back of the net.“Princeton has a great goalie...
Harvard women’s lacrosse coach Sarah Nelson ’94, who has known the Flood family since the girls were in high school, says that it’s an intangible nature of the sport that brings families together—and she’s glad that one Flood followed the other...