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Fred Lynn, he of the .250 average, opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning. With two men out and George Scott on first, Lynn lofted a 3-2 Mike Torrez delivery to deep center, where it bounced off the wall and Mickey Rivers's nose to drive...
After that, the outcome of the game rested in the massive hands of the Boomer. With one out and Rivers on first in the ninth, Scott spared a wicked Roy White shot, doubled Rivers off first and suddenly, the game belonged to Boston.
Like the divinity student he once was, Vice President Al Gore took refuge in his work last week, avoiding reporters and talking about trade, global warming and America's great rivers--anything but campaign-finance reform. Nearly everyone else was talking about it, though. Republicans uncovered new evidence that Gore...
What happens when the siren sounds too late is evidenced by six mounds of freshly tilled soil adorned by simple wreaths. The graves contain the charred remains of local residents who perished on June 25, when the Soufriere Hills volcano spewed 150-m.p.h. molten rivers of lava, gas and ash...
Rushdie's piece provided the perspective of the minuscule, intellectual, English-speaking, Westernized Indian ruling elite. He showed its prejudices about India, including the perception that history begins at the end of British rule. Rushdie made no mention of colonialism or its damages or of society's daily agony: thousands...