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Longest Busy Signal The nine-hour breakdown of AT&T's long-distance phone system in January, triggered by a massive computer failure, paralyzed many businesses and shook America's faith in technology. But it gave millions of people a day off from telephone sales pitches...
...looked and sounded weary as he mounted the podium. Bags bulged under his eyes; his thinning white hair was rumpled; his words came slowly at first. But as he warmed to his theme, his voice grew louder and shook with indignation; he waved his finger and brandished a fist over the lectern. Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, known the world over for his all-weather, ear- to-ear grin, for once was in a boiling, very public rage...
...shock waves quickly spread from the Palace of Congresses through the Soviet Union and the world. For Gorbachev, who shook his head in disbelief as his Foreign Minister spoke, it was the darkest hour of his leadership. Not only had he lost one of his closest allies in the Kremlin, but it seemed obvious that he could no longer continue walking a tightrope over the heads of reformist democrats, national separatists and proponents of a law-and-order crackdown; the splits had become too deep and envenomed for that. And Shevardnadze tossed in a warning of what might happen...
...squash's battle of the best, Harvard's four top women players shook hands with dissappointment this weekend...
...this week, a debate of a slightly more, well, naughty nature shook the Harvard campus...