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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Colts obviously saw something they liked when they chose Caron in the fifth round (117th player overall) of last spring's draft. He was the first offensive lineman chosen by the Colts...
Flexer, a Harvard freshman, lost in the first-round of the A-levels, but dropped down to the C-levels and easily topped three opponents to claim the little in that division...
Unlike Perry, Bol is a player basically in training who the Bullets hope will block a few shots as he goes. "He has had a binding effect," says Bob Ferry, the general manager who drafted Bol in the second round. "Unconsciously, and sometimes consciously, even 'team' players seldom worry about anyone else as much as themselves. But Manute has been a focal point of selflessness. They love him." So, it appears, do the fans at every station...
...third round of the seven-month-old arms-control talks came to a close last week, Karpov had been preparing for a farewell session with his American counterparts before flying back to Moscow for an important meeting in advance of this month's superpower summit. Then suddenly his plans changed. A long cable with new instructions had arrived at the U.S. delegation's headquarters through special, secure channels, and Kampelman requested that the talks be extended to consider the latest U.S. offer. After consulting Moscow, Karpov agreed. So for 55 minutes on Friday morning, he listened intently as Kampelman...
...They checked into the Madison Hotel, one of capitalism's lush decampments. The White House crew asked them to lunch at another sophisticated watering hole in the Jefferson Hotel. There was much laughter and goodwill and joking about Gorbachev's cutting down Soviet vodka and, of course, a hearty round of Bloody Marys for the occasion...