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...project. But that relaxed timetable could be disrupted by an enticing Soviet arms-control offer or a massive Soviet buildup. Ultimately, of course, the choice will be a political one. But perhaps by then the public discussion of SDI will have moved beyond rainbows and building blocks. --By Richard Stengel. Reported by Jay Branegan and Michael Duffy/Washington
Even in his playing years Cobb assumed a mythic stature. The garrulous Casey Stengel summed up his contemporary in a lone sentence: "It was like he was superhuman." Others would say subhuman. On his most courteous afternoons, Cobb slid in, spikes high and sharpened to maim. He wrangled with teammates, two wives, five children and innumerable ticket holders. When a New York fan taunted him, Cobb climbed into the stands and stomped the offender. It was later pointed out that the stompee had been missing all of one hand and three fingers of the other. Cobb replied tenderly...
...compose 36% of Miami's electorate, also turned out in large numbers against him. After a close race in which outrageous charges and name-calling were routine, two Cuban-born candidates, Raul Masvidal and Xavier Suarez, were left to battle it out in a runoff this week. --By Richard Stengel. Reported by Joseph N. Boyce/New York and Joseph J. Kane/Atlanta
...London. They would get home just in time to celebrate the Prince's 37th birthday with William and Harry and for Diana to tell her boys bedtime stories about her whirlwind trip to the colonies and how pretty the monuments looked against Washington's autumnal foliage. --By Richard Stengel. Reported by Mary Cronin and Alessandra Stanley/Washington
...those judgments rest." The offensive may come back to haunt the Soviets. While it is intended to put the U.S. on the defensive, it also opens the way for a closer look at the issue of human rights, an examination that the U.S. can only welcome. --By Richard Stengel. Reported by Laurence I. Barrett/Washington and James O. Jackson/Moscow