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...Gdansk were briefly shut down when railway workers and the government clashed over how to distribute $6.3 million in pay raises. TASS, the official Soviet news agency, warned that "the threat of a general transport strike . . . could affect Poland's national and defense interests." Translation: Do not fool around with rail links to East Germany, home of 19 Soviet divisions and the front line of Warsaw Pact defenses...
...numbers fool you. Saturday night, B.U. simply blew away one of the top teams in the east, Providence College, in an 8-1 massacre (although 11 Friars were absent from the affair--rumors of a curfew violation during P.C.'s western trip). Terrier coach Jackie Parker deadpans, "everything we shot went into...
...many Harvard fans felt little pain, as The Event carried a momentum of its own, spilling off the field and into the reunions, the parties, the bars. Yale was in town for its bi-annual visit, and if ever there was an excuse to make an absolute fool of yourself, this was it. Many of the Crimson and the Blue came through, admirably...
Next time someone preaches that "every vote counts," call him or her a fool, a liar, or simply naive. I waited in line 1½ hours at my neighborhood elementary school to vote for a candidate who, three time zones away, had already conceded defeat. What a patriotic dilemma! Should I stay in line and vote anyway...
...name: Lofree. He wears temple-to-temple aviator glasses and designer jeans that inhibit circulation. His shoes are made for jogging, not stomping, and he drives a Japanese sports car. His favorite band is still the Doobie Brothers, and he can sing all the words to What a Fool Believes as he works on a blow...