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...Ugly Americanism was played down by Angolan coach Victorino Cunha. "We know Charles Barkley," he said. "No problem. He does this 10 times a year in the N.B.A." For his part, Cunha deserves a medal for perseverance. In 1975 he started the Angolan basketball program. From scratch. In the 17 years since, he and his team have endured a war that virtually destroyed their nation. On the court they have put up with ridicule. For all who would listen in Badalona, Cunha had one message. "We can play. We can play," he repeated. No one thought so after...
...tube comes her saliva, which deadens sensation and blocks coagulation. Up the other goes a drop of her victim's blood. In less than a minute, she makes her getaway. She finds a place to rest and digest her vampire's repast, while her victim is left to scratch the welt that soon forms in allergic reaction to her ghoulish drool...
...Possibly, some company will see the chance tostart from scratch" and help out the fledglingstudent organization, she said...
...world's financial markets are so intertwined that when one itches, the others scratch. As mounting concerns over Japan's reeling economy sent Tokyo's stock exchanges into a dizzying vortex last week, markets from Amsterdam to Zurich did some rocking and rolling of their own. Tokyo's Nikkei average sank to 15,498 points, its lowest level in more than six years, while the London stock exchange fell 2.3% and Frankfurt shares dropped 5.4%. New York's Big Board sank 46 points, or 1.4%, in a week of generally bearish trading...
...fears of Russia's neighbors across the spectrum of Eurasia have deep historical roots. "Scratch a Russian, and you will wound a Tartar," wrote the dry-eyed French 19th century observer of Russia, Joseph de Maistre. The ) Mongol invasion (1237-1480) and its aftermath of cruel autocracy had isolated Russians totally from Western developments, particularly the Renaissance and the Reformation. That long isolation embraced every aspect of Russian life. Russia's first modern technology, in the 17th century, was all imported from Holland and Germany. Russia didn't have even a single university until...