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...failed when she could not organize her resources successfully. Next came France's turn as the world's greatest power, but her economy could not support the expensive wars of Louis XIV and later Napoleon. England then assumed control, capturing a vast commercial empire through industrialization and a superior navy...
Maine (25-4-2), which has dominated Hockey East as of late, is the nation's top-ranked team. Minnesota (25-7) and Lake Superior St. (22-4-6) fill out the next two slots. St. Lawrence (18-6) is three rankings ahead of the Crimson...
...university asked Suffolk Superior Court Judge Robert A. Mulligan to dismiss the suit in which Coretta Scott King, administrator of her late husband's estate, is attempting to gain possession of the documents, said Boston University Trustee Melvin B. Miller...
While both types of recorder are fairly simple to use, there are differences in the technology. Most important, tapes for one machine cannot be played on the other kind; the VHS cassettes are larger. Proponents of the Betamax format insisted all along that its picture quality was superior to what VHS offered, but most consumers either did not know that or did not care. Says Leonard White, president of Orion Home Video: "Beta is the perfect example of a better technology being outgunned by consumer preference...
...this hoped-for capability, many top defense experts wonder if the Seawolf truly is the right sub at the right cost at the right time. In the past, the Navy has relied on vastly superior technology to nullify the Soviets' 3-to-1 numerical advantage in submarines. But rather suddenly, the U.S. lead in submarine technology has seriously eroded. Says Admiral Carlisle Trost, Chief of Naval Operations: "The Soviets are where we thought they'd be in the mid-1990s...