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Although Team Canada eventually qualified for the world-wide soccer showdown, Catliff suffered a severe injury to his right knee and could not compete for his country...
...Catliff took more than just experience away from his international play--he must wear a two-foot metal and plastic brace to protect his wounded knee...
Reagan's advisers eventually came to a different conclusion. The Kremlin, they argued, had simply displayed a knee-jerk reaction -- if a spy is caught, take a hostage -- and monumentally miscalculated the degree of public fury that the seizure of Daniloff would provoke. That reading dictated putting off any retaliatory steps until after the Soviets had been given a way to save face. Says one Administration official: "The bear when cornered is ferocious." Yet the bear can also show a more agreeable side: on Saturday the Soviets announced they were allowing five well-known dissidents to emigrate, a positive gesture...
...works since last December, the really convincing facsimile comes replete with photos and graphics in pretty pastel colors. One sure-fire knee-slapper depicts Sigourney Weaver being attacked by a killer sock puppet in a clip from "Aliens." Another guaranteed yuck-getter details the wide variety of things athletes stick up their noses...
...classes. "He's going to be a regular student like everyone else," said Principal Charles Wolf. True, Ryan's reinstatement resulted from another court order, and true, AIDS victims around the country still face formidable prejudices. But the calm in Indiana was one of several signs last week that knee-jerk fear of people with AIDS may be subsiding, at least in some parts of the population...