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...Weekend in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 1978 We turn out from the American School's Little League game, straight into a line of tanks. "It's a parade!" says my mother gaily, hoping we children won't notice that the soldiers have their guns cocked. That night, as Soviet-made MiGs strafe the city, our gardener and cleaner Mir Ali patrols the garden with an ax and a plastic baseball bat. The next day, the radio proclaims the birth of the People's Republic of Afghanistan. Tanks are wreathed in flowers, "doubtless following the prescription of some revolutionary handbook," my father...
Greece suddenly found itself with a solid, reliable currency. Its government and businesses could borrow at lower interest rates than before. The country boomed, with real GDP growth topping 3.8% for eight straight years. (During the same 2000-07 run, U.S. GDP growth never hit 3.7%; Germany didn't make it past 3.2%.) It seemed as though Greece had landed a one-way ticket to economic good times...
Mondesir crashed through a metal fence and drove his 1994 Ford van straight into two cars of a Red Line train in Cambridge shortly after midnight on Friday. The incident occurred between the Charles/MGH and Kendall T stops...
West, playing in the No. 1 slot, easily defeated his opponent in straight sets, but Cohen had to dig deeper and pull out the win in a decisive fifth game. Juniors Richard Hill and J. Reed Endresen both pulled off gritty five-set wins as well...
...interview, Woods' nationally televised statement - they get NBC's Seattle affiliate up in the Canadian mountains - has ended. "I really want to see that now," says Vonn, loose and cheery despite wiping out the day before during the super combined event, denying her a chance for a second straight medal. (See the top 10 awkward press conferences...