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...German trip, they managed to stir up all the old wartime passions that Reagan had hoped to put to rest. As the furor over the Bitburg cemetery visit escalated for more than a week, he seemed unable to understand the emotions that he had aroused and, instead of recovering, slid more deeply into controversy...
Kotzebue saw some boats chained together on his side of the river. He detonated a grenade to break apart the chains. Then he and five of his men set forth, paddling with boards and rifle butts. Three Russians slid down the bank to meet them. They all shook hands and slapped one another's backs. This was a historic moment, they said. But when Kotzebue reported to headquarters, his commander was furious at his disobedience and ordered that the whole encounter be kept secret...
Only then did the Crusaders threaten, when Holy Cross centerfielder Tom Potvin drove Bruton’s offering to the warning track in right center, where Matt Vance and Lance Salsgiver converged before nearly colliding. As Salsgiver slid to avoid Vance, the ball kissed off the latter’s glove and rolled into right field, allowing Potvin to reach second safely. Bruton’s subsequent pitch found the backstop, advancing Potvin to third with none out and drawing the Crimson infield...
AMHERST, Mass.—Thrifty with words as usual, assistant captain Tom Cavanagh described that early January practice when he slid, feet-first, into the boards during practice and tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee thus: “I knocked something loose...
Vaillancourt rounded out the hat trick with another power-play notch with a little over three minutes left in the period. Noticing the congestion in front of the goal mouth, Vaillancourt uncorked a hard, low slapshot that slid past a screening Chu and through Moffat’s five-hole for a stunning score...