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...backing up the whole match," Cole said. "I guess tactically their coaches didn't want me to technical fall him or pin him, so they had him backing up and stalling. That made it a little more difficult than it would have been had he come...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Grapplers Take Two | 2/10/1990 | See Source »

...first-round game, Blind managed to pin the puck against the wall, but Bertha zoomed in, pinned Blind's extended arm and the puck, and snuck a little...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: It's Paradise, Melrose-Style | 2/8/1990 | See Source »

Okay, so it makes no sense, but the best man...er...robot usually won. The most effective strategy was to get to the puck first and pin it against the boards, while opponents fruitlessly tried to check the winning robot off the puck and get a claw...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: It's Paradise, Melrose-Style | 2/8/1990 | See Source »

...sting came after repeated investigations into broader corruption among Barry associates had failed to snare the mayor. The FBI's inability to pin a charge on Barry bolstered the belief among some in Washington that Hazel Diane (Rasheeda) Moore lured the mayor to the Vista International Hotel only after authorities pressured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Run, Barry, Run | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

Genocide theorists disagree on whether whites are consciously plotting black extermination. Some, like the Rev. Cecil Williams of San Francisco's Glide United Methodist Memorial Church, pin the drug epidemic on "a group of whites somewhere" who think blacks are getting too much political power. Others charge that the U.S. Government developed AIDS to wipe out blacks, testing it on homosexuals before unleashing it in the ghetto. More widespread is the view, put forth by Joseph Lowery, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, that genocide will inevitably occur because the U.S. Government is not doing enough to stanch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Genocide Mumbo Jumbo | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

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