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Hofstra sealed the win in the second frame when it scraped up two more runs off of hard-luck loser Fromholz. Despite a solid outing--giving up only one earned run in seven innings--the sophomore hurler was victimized by a less than over-powering performance at the plate by her Crimson teammates...
...LOSER OF THE WEEK...
...characteristic blast, Aurel Braun and Richard Day, two respected political scientists at the University of Toronto's Center for Russian and East European Studies, recently called Gorbachev a loser who has been "mishandling reforms and desperately trying to cling to power." Variations on that theme, usually delivered more in sorrow than in anger, are gaining currency. A veteran of the U.S. intelligence community last week said Gorbachev's "blunders are plunging Russia into a new Time of Troubles." That is an ominous reference to nearly a decade of Kremlin intrigue, civil unrest and international conflict in the 17th century...
...economy. The nation's coffers have been devastated by the drop-off in world petroleum prices since the mid-1980s; Cuba generated much of its foreign exchange by reselling, at top prices, cut-rate oil supplied by the Soviet Union. Sugar, Cuba's main export, has also been a loser on international markets. Ever since Havana in 1986 suspended payments on its foreign debt, which now stands at $7 billion, most industrialized countries have refused to extend new credits. With only $87 million in reserves, Cuba lacks the hard currency to buy vital imports...
...Clair is a great addition to the Pudding cast. His strong voice and hilariously obsequious Hugh Loser ("Here I am, miss, ready for degradation and humiliation") were an important part of the show's appeal...