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Against an angry headwind, both crews madetheir final last-gasp sprints, and Penn crossedthe line only six-tenths of a second ahead of avaliant Harvard crew...
...Starr's last-gasp witness was former Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker. Already convicted for his role in one Whitewater scheme, Tucker agreed in February to cooperate with Starr's office and plead guilty to another minor charge. Some Clinton watchers thought Tucker's cooperation could devastate the President, but sources tell TIME that Tucker is not giving Starr enough to make a case against Clinton...
Enough of a disaster to topple its 49-year-old communist regime? Or to scare its reclusive "Dear Leader," Kim Jong Il, into a last-gasp invasion of South Korea? Last week Hwang Jang Yop, the highest-ranking North Korean official ever to defect to the South, rattled nerves with a warning that Kim's million-man army was preparing for a suicidal attack. What's more, the North "is capable of scorching" South Korea and Japan with nuclear and chemical weapons, according to an article published by South Korea's largest daily newspaper, Chosun Ilbo, which secretly obtained...
Indeed, two Harvard fumbles led to a 14-point swing against Dartmouth. Andy Laurence's fumble on the goal-line stopped a last-gasp drive in the closing minutes, while a Kweli Thompson fumble in the Crimson end zone gave the Big Green a touchdown early in the game...
...overtime period held little suspense except for a last-gasp three-point attempt by junior James White, as Colgate sprinted out to a quick lead and held off the crestfallen Crimson...