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...pistol during a townie-cadet brawl, eventually killing a local and suffering a fatal heart attack himself. Then, instead of packing up and heading for the shore, the youthful commandos decide to honor their fallen leader and the school he loved by declaring war on the outside world. Needless to say, they stumble upon a secret cache of sophisticated weaponry, which Bache had kept for no apparent reason...
Certainly apartheid is morally indefensible; equally certainly, majority rule should eventually occur. But it must not occur immediately. As Prime Minister Botha said recently, "We must adapt or die." Those who call for immediate majority rule--and the concomitant bloodshed of revolution--pave the way for needless death and suffering...
None of the four--at one time or another stellar junior skaters--competes on "the circuit" anymore, having bartered sit spins and waltz jumps for the pen and quill of academia; needless to say, studies just don't mix with the seven and eight hours daily competitive figure skaters pump into workouts (you decide which one settles to the bottom). "An Evening" affords skaters like Rehkamp et al a prestigious opportunity to showcase the fruits of what was obviously once a large part of their lives, and they take advantage of it. All four have participated before; all but Rehkamp...
...customary Prince growing pains two years ago. Already an established top tenner in junior tennis, Sands wanted to build his serve and volley game. But Sands, a skeptic after two weeks of using the Prince, wanted no part of gimmick. However, Sands stuck out the four-week trial period. Needless to say the story goes, Sands stayed with prince both story goes, Sands stayed with Prince, both story goes, Sands stayed with Prince, both to his and Prince's benefit. Sands, an All American, recently placed in the top 15 in a national collegiate tourney...
...close a brush with chaos seems incomprehensible, but for parts of two days last year, on Oct. 1, and again on Dec. 16, the Government was nominally shut down. Congressional leaders have long maintained that such confrontations are needless: day-to-day functions should go on, they argue, because there is plainly no "legislative intent" to abolish Government...