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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fourth race, he continued with a roar. Never really threatened, Conner pulled off a "horizon job" -- meaning the leader is all but out of sight. The hard-pressed New Zealand had a rash of problems, from gear failures to a ripped mainsail, that left it limping in, a stunned 3:38 behind. "Disastrous," said Dickson. "Everything broke and went wrong." Conner ended the week needing only one victory to clinch the challenger's berth in the finals, while the dispirited Kiwis had to win three. If the draper succeeds, next week he will face either his old nemesis, Perth Millionaire...
...silent on the issue. In Hungary, experts estimate that between 30,000 and 50,000 people abuse drugs. In Poland, one out of every ten youths is believed to use narcotics at least occasionally. Says Warsaw Sociologist Antoni Bielewicz: "The numbers are staggering, and there is no end in sight...
...this summer was different from all the others--the glorious summer of the Liberation? The next time he writes the essay, Cat knows what kind of drivel to spill out: the joy of a good boy who sees the revival of the City of Light, who rejoices at the sight of the Eiffel Tower rising into the sky, the Arc de Triomphe hung with streamers. What with a finishing touch of a quote from Hugo, Cat gets the highest mark in the class...
...fear arose at the sight of flames on the track. I decided to exit quickly, leaving coat and luggage behind. My car, tilted on an incline, was the scene of panic. Some passengers scrambled to leave while others searched for the belongings among the luggage which had been strewn through the aisle...
Secrecy is almost always essential, risk inherent. Kennedy turned to the CIA in the Bay of Pigs. Reagan went even further out of sight and used his National Security Council staff. Both reaped a whirlwind when failure exposed their schemes. But the tidy techniques of shared confidences among the various branches of the Government, so favored by professors, are not well suited to the dark alleys of the globe where passions explode before a quorum can be called...