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...Afghan department in the Soviet foreign ministry was one of the quietest spots in the U.S.S.R.'s diplomatic service. But when Afghanistan's nonalignment policy began to slip, the Soviet leadership panicked. Three members of the Kremlin inner circle--Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, KGB chief Yuri Andropov and Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov--feared that the Afghans would tilt toward the U.S. unless stern "measures" were taken. Late on the night of Dec. 12, ailing Communist Party chairman Leonid Brezhnev called the three to a secret meeting to hear their proposal. To keep the U.S. from installing a friendly regime, they...
...dispute arose over the price at which shares of the two funds traded. HMC said Templeton had failed to adequately represent shareholder interests, allowing prices to slip too far below the full value of the investment...
With 16 seconds left in the first, Lannon was given a five-minute major penalty for butt-ending and a game disqualification. The Crimson was able to slip unscathed through those last 16 seconds skating 4-on-3, but the start of the second brought the promise of a 4:44 BU power play. It looked like that stretch would be the crucial part of the game, as the Terriers had a chance to bury Harvard. When the Crimson managed to kill off that extended man-advantage, the momentum swung toward Harvard...
...fear is that Saddam could easily hide in a country that was all but built for his personal protection. Or he could slip through Iraq's porous borders with Syria, Iran or Jordan. Saddam has billions stashed away to finance a life in exile. To avoid this, the White House appears to be counting on the newly liberated Iraqis to turn him in. Sources tell TIME that the U.S. armed forces have developed pamphlets to be dropped over Iraq, warning citizens not to let Saddam escape. "We're counting on the Ceausescu method," says a senior planner at Central Command...
Because of Bergman’s absence from the singles lineup, Harvard coach Gordon Graham had to bump each of his players up a spot. This move allowed freshman Ali Pillinger to slip into the sixth seed where she beat her opponent in three sets...