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...favorite of the Old Guard. During the early days of the Tiananmen protests, he had sacked the editor of a daringly liberal, independent newspaper in Shanghai called the World Economic Herald, an act that proved his toughness to Beijing. His main rival for the job was Premier Li Peng, who had ordered the martial law that preceded the Tiananmen killings and been widely reviled...
...most obvious bright spot for the Crimson, however, has been junior Chris Menick. Posting the second-highest rushing total in Ivy League history against Holy Cross (261 yards, 3 TDs), Menick has clearly established himself as one of the premier backs in Division I-AA football...
...feel too bad if you were out of the loop. Hancock is one of the premier young triathletes in America and because he does not compete for any Harvard teams he has managed to go virtually unnoticed on campus...
...again assume more control of the economy. Yeltsin, whose re-election campaign was generously funded by the new oligarchs, warned that he would not tolerate "any effort by businessmen and bankers to exert pressure on the government." Yeltsin's words echoed those of Anatoli Chubais, his abrasive First Deputy Premier, who said recently that Russia could not allow "two or three or five major financial institutions" to run the state...
...certainly can't forget the only two current Marlins who were on the original squad in 1993, Jeff Conine and utility infielder Alex Arias. Conine has shined defensively after permanently moving to first base, and Arias has emerged as one of the premier pinch-hitters in the National League...