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...translated, he made occasional asides to editor at large Strobe Talbott and Moscow bureau chief John Kohan, both fluent Russian speakers. "He is talking a long time," Gorbachev said of translator Pavel Palashenko at one point. "Did I really say that much?" When managing editor Henry Muller tried to slip in one last question, Gorbachev addressed him sternly as "Comrade Editor," then, with a laugh, changed it to "Mr. Editor." Says chief of correspondents John Stacks, who covered Washington for 20 years: "He was more in command of the situation than any American politician I have ever seen...
...Baltimore, the Crimson clambered back from a 4-2 deficit to pull out a 6-5 win over the then top two-ranked teams in the nation. Greyhounds goalie Sue Heether had tried to intercept a pass behind the Loyola goal and missed, allowing Harvard's Ceci Clark to slip a pass to the wide-open Walser, who nailed the wide-open net on a tough-angle shot...
SHIFTING SYSTEMS. Changing gears on a ten-speed can be difficult and dangerous. Riders have to look away from the road to see and adjust the shift levers. If a cyclist tries to change gears while standing up to climb a hill, the chain -- and rider -- can slip. "Gear fear" is the main reason why "so many of the ten-speeds that were bought in the cycling boom in the '70s are hanging in garages," says Fred Zahradnik, technical editor of Bicycling magazine. But with new index shifting systems from companies like Shimano of Irvine, Calif., he explains, "you just...
...York City association reminds us that what matters is not who you are, but where you went to school. To The Club, Harvard isn't just postsecondary education. It is an institution that trains the elite to run the country, and in the process, helps willing hands slip into the white gloves of proper society. Harvard takes that special pool of talent, enhances it through association and, upon completion, yields up its Harvard men and women--sealed and stamped with the hallowed...
...unarmed John as he lies in bed with a make-believe prostitute. Agents learn how to frisk suspects, read them their rights, and complete arrest forms. Instructors, all of whom are former agents, carefully critique every arrest, providing pointers on how best to subdue a struggling suspect or slip on handcuffs. No detail seems to go unnoticed. At one recent training session, a future agent was told he should go home, stand in front of his mirror and practice shouting in a forceful voice "Freeze! This...