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Last week the slow pace of Soviet reform helped provoke the largest and most dramatic Kremlin shake-up since Gorbachev took command three years ago. In a meeting of the 300-member Central Committee called by Gorbachev with lightning speed, a series of retirements, reassignments and promotions swept out most of what remained of the Old Guard and strengthened the Soviet leader's control over the ruling Politburo...
...Athletics headed home, where they swept all six games from Boston this season and have won 14 of the last 15. Game three is tomorrow night with Oakland's Bob Welch facing Mike Boddicker...
McIntosh, who had 99 of his 103 yards rushing in the first half, swept left on Navy's sixth play of the second quarter and bolted 45 yards for his first touchdown to make...
...trackwomen swept past Brown, 15-50, Northeastern, 15-49, and Drake, 29-30. Sophomore Suzanne Jones was the Crimson's first runner to finish, placing third overall. Part of Harvard's success came from its ability to run together as a pack...
...entire year -- fell on Sudan in 13 hours last month. Meanwhile, a seasonal surge of water was heading north from central Africa. The combination sent the river raging over its banks, killing nearly 100 people and leaving 1.5 million homeless. In Khartoum, the capital, sewage-contaminated floodwater swept through squatters' camps, destroying thousands of homes. Farther north, whole villages were submerged. In the famine-stricken south, roads and rail lines were swamped, preventing relief shipments from getting through. According to aid officials, more than a hundred people starve to death every day. Many more are so weak from hunger they...