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UNFORTUNATELY, the Reagan Administration has not taken the bait. Recently, Argentina's IMF loans fell due and the country was incapable of paying them. The United States finally showed a modicum of support and gave Argentina money, but only after Mexico had taken the lead...
Sorbara struck out the 10th batter of the inning then pitched a one two three ninth to preserve Cheveney's first collegrate victory THE NOTEBOOK In Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League (EIBL) action yesterday. Yale swept Penn 9-8, 5-4 to keep a modicum of pressure on Harvard. The Elis are 10-6 in league action, a game behind the 8 2 Crimson Cornell (86) and Dartmouth (45) are the only other teams with lewer than seven losses. Harvard can clinch its second straight EIBI, title by going 5 3 the rest of the way, as long as Dartmouth loses...
Somehow, though, Caleb muddles through. Despite incessantly questioning the meaning of it all, he completes his tasks with a modicum of efficiency, eventually gaining the approval of his superiors. But Caleb proves his immunity to the dehumanized values of his colleagues, when he falls madly in love with another employee. He chooses the primacy of his emotions over the robotic ambition of the business world and still survives as a sensitive, somewhat moody, young man in a corporate jungle. No mean feat...
Having only recently arrived in this fair city, I realize that I am in no position to make patronizing observations. Yet, as no one in this town seems to possess even a modicum of common sense when it comes to a certain subject, I will proceed...
Still, by Super Bowl standards, this one did have a modicum of reason. Like the man who shot up his own home and then blithely retired for the evening, every loud noise seemed to have its calm counterpoint. "Just win, baby!" Al Davis, the pirate king, repeated a rallying cry to his Raiders as he stepped up to accept the trophy from Archenemy Pete Rozelle. All week the National Football League commissioner had been asked how he would feel presenting silverware to a man who keeps suing the league, and Rozelle bravely replied, "I've said repeatedly over...