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...Russians who dumped their national currency in exchange for durable goods and dollars as the ruble lost a quarter of its value yesterday. President Boris Yeltsin promptly sacked Finance Minister Sergei Dubinin and moved to fire the Central Bank chairman, Viktor Gerashchenko. He made it clear that he suspected foul play, calling the ruble's plunge an act "of sabotage or the manifestation of a policy of extreme irresponsibility and slovenliness by the special groups of people...
...said it in these pages before, but such moments really do define sport--"the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat," as Roone Arledge spelled it out for ABC long, long ago. Moments that give you chills time and time again--maybe a clutch foul shot you sank to win a game, maybe a broadcaster's patriotic outcry of "Do you believe in miracles? Yes!"--are what bring you back...
Seeing some form of relief in a query about the game's foul weather...
...Geneva after a six-week break. The two sides today attempted to bridge new gaps that arose over the weekend, with no reports of progress. The U.S. is complaining that North Korea suddenly won't allow previously agreed-to U.N. inspections of its nuke plants; Pyongyang is crying foul over a joint American-Japanese naval exercise off the Korean coast...
Five minutes later, sophomore Kevin Silva drew a foul in the box, and the referee gave Harvard a penalty shot. Carella got the shot, but the Husky goalie didn't get the ball. And the game was tied...