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...fantastic. She's a great athlete and a great gal," said Harvard women's hockey Coach John Dooley...
...battle that left 18 U.S. Army Rangers dead and 75 wounded has revealed that General Mohammed Farrah Aidid's loyalists used an ancient method to warn their comrades of the Rangers' attack -- they beat wooden sticks on drums, only in this case the drums were empty 50-gal. oil barrels. Followers of Aidid positioned at the Mogadishu airport began drumming when they saw the Rangers' helicopters take off, and as the message was heard, it was carried through the town by the same means...
...income above $40,000, up to a maximum of 85% for those making $120,000 and up. The 58% of Americans whose incomes, including entitlements, range up to $40,000 would lose nothing. On the revenue side, the Concord plan calls for a 50 cents-per-gal. gas tax and a $12,000 cap ($20,000 for joint filers) on tax deductions for mortgage interest, a move that would affect just 5% of homeowners...
About 6,000 fire fighters scurried around the state, using every method from pumper trucks to air-dropped flame retardant to 100-gal. buckets slung under helicopters and dunked in the Pacific for refills. But they could not stop the flames while the ill winds blew. Before the week was out, the 1993 acreage devoured by fire would jump by 187,000; President Clinton would declare six California counties federal disaster areas; and California Governor Pete Wilson would say, "It's pretty heartbreaking to look down from a helicopter and see these little orange squares glowing in the blackness...
Beethoven's fifth symphony with a disco twist. How can you go wrong? This groovy classical/disco magic was also released on the popular Saturday Night Fever album. Beethoven himself would have slipped into his lavender leisure suit, grabbed the gal closest to him, and funky-chickened his way across the dance floor...