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...alternative, Christopher talked with NATO members about boycotting the Moscow Games. To muster support for a boycott, U.S. officials have suggested holding an alternate set of games, a sort of "Free World Olympics" in which nations boycotting the Moscow Games would compete. This would enable athletes from the U.S. and other nations who have been training for years to take part in an international contest, though obviously not one carrying the historic prestige of an Olympiad...
Although leaders of Congressional opposition to the draft said yesterday they feared the bill would pass with the president's support, Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) a strong backer of the bill, said, "I'm not sure we can muster the votes to get it through...
Other conservatives and independent candidates were unable to muster more than two votes on any of the ballots, and the four council liberals voted for Francis Duehay on the first ballot...
Some of the cracks that must be plugged as the nation tries to keep warm are in the structure of the society itself. The poor and the old living on fixed incomes can muster no defense against rising heating bills. Stella Falco, 74, a white-haired widow who lives in a $50-a-month tenement in Providence, is tired and bitter. After five decades of working in textile mills, she receives $3,384 a year from Social Security as well as a small pension. A quarter of her income will go for heat; price increases mean a thinning...
...same time, weaknesses in breaststroke showed up as strong as ever, with the strongest finisher any Crimson swimmer could muster being Gwen Knapp's third place finishes in both...