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Still, McAnaney has a point when she says any `real' fan of college football would be aware of, even passionately look forward to, the Notre Dame-USC showdown...
...England Patriots, and the football is at the Dolphins' one-yd. line. Hometown hero/wonderboy and Patriots' quarterback Doug Flutie has just led his team on an extraordinary 79-yd. drive with less than one minute left in the first half of Sunday's NFL Eastern Division showdown at Sullivan Stadium...
Sugar Ray Leonard is a remnant of the old school, a showman and a gentleman. Leonard is smart and savvy. And people care about the outcome of his fights. Leonard versus Marvelous Marvin Hagler two years ago was a showdown worthy of the legacy left by the 'Thrilla fights of Ali and Joe Frazier...
...Massoud believes that the mujahedin must strike a decisive blow soon, before Najibullah can adjust to the departure of the Soviets, who are scheduled to complete their troop withdrawal by Feb. 15. The government has 150,000 troops dug in around major cities. To face them in a final showdown, Massoud is training 10,000 men, initial units of an "Islamic army," to fight like a conventional force, rather than as hit-and-run marauders. Training, in camps spread along the rugged northern flanks of the Hindu Kush, includes the use of U.S.-supplied Stinger antiaircraft missiles as well...
...Palestinian uprising turns the Nov. 1 vote into a referendum on policies toward the occupied territories. The Labor and Likud parties hope the ballot will grant them a divorce. -- Ferdinand Marcos is indicted on U. S. racketeering charges. -- In Afghanistan rebel leader Ahmad Shah Massoud girds for a showdown with government forces. -- Yugoslavia' s crisis deepens as politicians squabble...