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...League East dropped 24 of their first 36 games this spring, it seemed the epitaph for a talented but erratic team. Renewal began with a new manager (soft-spoken Cito Gaston) whose unflappable style helped inspire the midseason revival of brooding power hitter George Bell. The August acquisition of spark-plug centerfielder Mookie Wilson added on-the-field leadership. As Gaston, one of the two black managers in baseball, puts it, "If I wasn't sitting in the dugout, I'd buy a ticket to see Mookie play...
...leaders of the five countries felt that the presence of the Contras during the election might spark a crack-down by the Nicaraguan government and military...
...debt has increased from $1.7 trillion to $3.3 trillion since the expansion began in late 1982. If Americans cut back abruptly on their spending, the effects would ripple through the economy. Businesses would respond to the sales falloff by reducing their own spending and laying off workers, which would spark a further drop in consumer spending...
...flow to get the pressure back to normal, allowing huge quantities of propane, butane and other highly flammable gasses to escape and form an atmospheric "lake." Fatefully, two passenger trains on the famed TransSiberian Railway were passing each other when the gases, ignited probably by a spark or a discarded cigarette, detonated with the force of a ten-kiloton bomb (the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima was 12.5 kilotons...
February 3: Freshman Monroe Trout's 21 points and 12 rebounds spark the men's basketball team to a 107-94 thrashing of Yale. The win marks the first time the cagers have ever been in first place in the Ivy League, raising the squad's league record...