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After rubbing the sleep from his eyes with a fishing boat, tangling with a lighthouse, and eating up a diving bell containing avuncular professor Cecil Kellaway, the Beast faces Army sharpshooter Lee Van Cleef in a final showdown - the Cyclone roller coaster in flames, dying monster lashing out - on Coney Island...
...addition of Ramirez will certainly make Boston a contender this season. The Sox might even win the AL East, which would add even more hype to a possible playoff showdown with the Yanks. But, the postseason has and will always depend on pitching. A seven-game (or, heaven forbid, a five-game) series is usually determined by which pitching staff--starters, middle relievers, and closers--has more talent...
International support seldom counts for much in a Washington power struggle, but in the looming battle over Iraq policy it may be crucial. Secretary of State Colin Powell appears to be shaping up for a showdown with administration hard-liners such as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and even Vice President Cheney - supported by a number of key Republicans on Capitol Hill - over the question of easing sanctions against Iraq. Powell has used his tour of the Middle East, which ended Tuesday, to build support for a revised sanctions package that lifts many of the economic restrictions on Iraq but tightens...
With victories last night and Saturday, however, Harvard has almost guaranteed itself of a showdown with St. Lawrence in the ECAC semi-finals...
This could set up another showdown against Dartmouth in the ECAC finals, but the Crimson now knows that it can run with the Big Green--and Dartmouth knows that it has somebody to worry about before it can claim victory...