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Just 23 seconds into the period, Big Red forward Drew Martin drove to the hoop and was fouled by Crimson center Bill Mohler as he sunk his shot. The 6-ft., 4-in. Martin hit from the charity stripe to cap the three-point play--an accurate omen of the 20 minutes in store for the hosts...
...shops of Baghdad, Iraq's capital, American cigarettes and Turkish beer are once again on sale. To Iraqi citizens, who watched the fifth anniversary of the war with Iran pass this week, the availability of products from abroad provided an unaccustomed sense of well-being. Another good omen is the imminent opening of a linkup with a Saudi pipeline to the Red Sea, which will permit Iraq to step up its vital oil exports by as much as 50%. The Iraqi government is even upbeat about the military situation. Says Information Minister Latif Nasif Jasim: "Our morale is excellent...
...Administration's short-sighted financial aid policy ever prevails, George Bush's ill-fated oil rig could prove omen for education and industry alike lesson in miscalculated risk-taking Abandoning education is a risk America can't afford...
...have a mediating companion, the impish cutpurse Phillipe (Matthew Broderick again). Not a bad premise for a wistful romance, especially when it stars three such appealing actors. Alas, the script (by Edward Khmara, Michael Thomas and Tom Mankiewicz) jumbles modern slang with chivalric sentiment; and Director Richard Donner (The Omen, Superman) is no spellbinder of medieval melancholy. "I believe in miracles," says the evil bishop (John Wood) who laid on the curse. "It's part of my job." Making miracles is Donner's job--and, Dick, you're fired...
...hope that our meeting will not be the last one but one of the first in a series, that we will negotiate and reach an agreement." Responded Kampelman, smiling widely but speaking coolly: "Our objective is to reach an agreement too. I hope that this is a good omen...