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Thus ended Hawke's unbroken tenure of eight years and nine months at the % helm, the longest stint by a Labor Prime Minister. Although he was also the first Labor leader to be ousted while in office, Hawke, 62, bowed out graciously, pledging that he would "give Paul a hand...
Lapointe's inexperience at the helm showed as he turned the ball over seven times. Coach Frank Sullivan was forced to play him the rest of the contest, illustrating the lack of depth in the backcourt...
Lawler was recruited for field hockey by Nita Lambourghini, Harvard's head coach before Sue Caples took the helm in 1988. She spent her freshman year playing for the junior varsity--which was a "good but humbling experience...
When starting point guard Jared Leake fouled out with 12 minutes left to play, Dave Lapointe was handed the reins. Lapointe's inexperience at the helm showed, as he let the rock slip seven times...
...United Nations' African bloc, the election last week of Egyptian diplomat Boutros Boutros Ghali as the new Secretary-General to succeed the retiring Javier Perez de Cuellar was a semisweet victory. The Africans had engineered their continent's first turn at the helm of the world organization -- and had outmaneuvered the big guns of the U.S. and Britain to achieve it. But Ghali was the "least African" candidate put forward by a bloc that dearly wanted to see the job go to a sub-Saharan black...