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Last year, we had glory. Doug Williams came off the bench to win game after game for us, while Jay Schroeder pouted on the sidelines like an ugly Cabbage Patch doll...
...like us to believe "the use or threat of force no longer can or must be an instrument of foreign policy" for the Soviets, that way of thinking has simply not been reflected by Soviet actions until recently. Gorbachev's actual motive may be that he desperately needs to patch up the Soviet economy; the new policy may be an attempt to reallocate resources as much as a change in outlook. Many question whether Gorbachev will continue with his internal reforms once he gets the economy back on its feet...
...agree with the idea of sending the multinational force, a non-U.N. group that included U.S. Marines, into Beirut to help patch Lebanon back together again...
When House minority leader Robert H. Michel went high-stepping down memory lane last week, he wound up in the brier patch. In a televised interview, the Illinois Republican embellished a fond recollection of Amos 'n' Andy -- the old radio show denounced by civil rights organizations for its stereotypical portrayals of blacks -- with an eye-rolling imitation of the character Kingfish. Then he allowed that "it's too bad" that schoolchildren can no longer don blackface and appear in minstrel shows. Finally he lamented the practice of changing racially offensive lyrics in songs like Ol' Man River, likening...
...patch is relatively better able to withstand another round of low oil prices. The '86 energy rout forced many marginal producers to pack up their drill rigs for good. The firms that remain in the industry are better capitalized and more efficient. Even so, many oil-patch banks and real estate investors, still reeling from the last slump, may be unable to survive another...