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...1990s we may become 50 percent dependent on foreign oil--that is an unprecedented level," said an aide to Sen. Robert Dole (R-Ks.) who asked not to be identified...
...Nipper asked Roger Clemens if he knew he needed only two more strikeouts to set an all-time record. Clemens didn't know, but the news was inspiring. "That entire inning was all adrenaline," recalls the Ohio-born right-hander, who rared back and got the two more Ks, to beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1 and, more important, to become the first player to record 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game. Clemens, who eight months ago had arthroscopic shoulder surgery, did it with a 97-m.p.h. fast ball and no walks. The old mark of 19 was jointly...
Entering yesterday's game, center fielder Paul Vallone was batting, .400. Through he's played in every game, he has never had move these three at bats... Catcher DePalo leads the team is both walks and strikeouts, with 11 of each. Catcher Mickey Maspons, who led the team in Ks last season, struck out seven times in the first six games but hasn't fanned since. The team's best strikeout/walk ratio belongs to Rivera, who has drawn 10 free passes while fanning just three times. The team's most aggressive (or least disciplined) hitters: Scott Vierra (four walks/three strikeouts...
...coiled and pleated cloth. He takes as one of his names "Singh" (lion). He does not smoke or chew tobacco, and he eats the meat only of an animal that has been slain with one decisive stroke. In accordance with his religion, he at all times wears the five Ks: kes (long hair); kach (short trousers); kara (a steel bracelet on his right wrist); kangha (a comb); and kirpan (a curved dagger). Holding tenaciously to a creed of activism that decrees, "With your hands carve out your destiny," he tends to be a hard-working farmer, a go-getting businessman...
...people across the U.S. battling against the deadly new syndrome known as AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome); 228 others have already succumbed. First fully described in 1980, the disease destroys the immune system, leaving its victims prey to all manner of viruses and bacteria. Cancer, particularly KS, is a major threat, as is pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, a singularly lethal ailment. The survival rate after two years of AIDS: less than 20%. Last week, at New York University Medical Center in Manhattan, 300 doctors gathered to exchange notes on the phenomenon. The bad news: "We are at the horizon...