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Bonny Warner, 21, a U.S. luge racer, crashed in her third run and skidded agonizingly to the finish. "Until then I was in eighth place," she said proudly, ahead of the two kindly West Germans who had taught her from scratch since she first observed a luge race in 1980. Her left side was scraped raw ("my Olympic souvenir"), but none of her enthusiasm rubbed off. "The Olympics haven't just been all that I hoped, they're more. Maybe the American luge team didn't win any medals, but medals aren't what the Olympics...
...upon Muslim soldiers not to fight last week, both leaders want to preserve the units that support them. If and when a political settlement is reached that gives them a greater share of power, Berri and Jumblatt do not want to face the task of rebuilding an army from scratch...
...carrier and on a lark attended a Lake Placid luge development camp. One ride did it: "I was just a maniac for the sport," she says. "I couldn't get enough." After she was hooked, though, the problem was getting enough money. Until this season she had to scratch as much as $4,000 together each year for equipment and travel. "One night I slept in a closet. I only had $20 in my pocket," she says. Warner will probably not have a medal either. Maybe by 1988, the 21-year-old hopes...
...Penn Coach Craig Littlepage, things have been a little tougher. They didn't just have a rebuilding job to do in Philadelphia. They had to knock down the old house and start from scratch--completely...
Indeed, the Council has proceeded with this issue in a most backward and expensive manner. The Council should start from scratch, and conduct informal (i.e. non-monetary) surveys of the house committees. From these grassroots discussions, sufficient ideas will emerge so that the Council can plan a whole program of University-wide social events (ranging from concerts to festivals to contests). If it is found to be absolutely necessary, then the Council can conduct a survey to determine which concerts to stage and which festivals to hold...