Word: sagas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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From jail, the irrepressible faker can be expected to spend his leisure time discoursing to rapt fellow prisoners on his fabulous finagles, the reform policies of the Emperor Augustus and the spellbinding saga of the Honus Wagner baseball card with the $400,000 price tag. Betweentimes he can play Monopoly and catch up on his television. And when he gets out, he may be invited to lecture on collectibles at UCLA...
...rights, but "our efforts at pure isolation have not been tremendously successful," acknowledges Robert Gelbard, Assistant Secretary of State in charge of narcotics matters. One result of the new policy should be more unanimity among the different agencies that work in the Rangoon embassy where, as Richard Horn's saga shows, Burma's military * bosses have had plenty of opportunity to play the Americans against each other...
Devotees of the "Star Wars" novels, which have continued the saga for ages, know that even if George Lucas isn't directly involved, he makes sure "Star Wars" spinoffs contain the quality thinking we expect The radio script is no exception...
...past is behind Coach Ronn Tomassoni's team, and another saga begins tonight when the Crimson opens up its season with their yearly scrimmage against Canadian university competition, again this year against the University of New Brunswick...
Nevertheless, though the drama ended fatally for Waxman, the story's other hostage -- the delicate negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians -- may yet survive. In the end, Rabin's test for Arafat did not materialize: Waxman had not been imprisoned within the Gaza Strip. In the aftermath of the saga, progress toward a full peace may be slowed as Israel insists that Arafat crack down generally on Palestinian extremists. The process was shaken, but, despite the tragedy, it was no longer imperiled. At least until the next test comes...