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...other journeyman ballplayer in history," writes Dawidoff. But he will be best remembered as the spy who took rain checks. An OSS operative during World War II, Berg traveled widely, lived well and managed to be where trouble wasn't. In 1944 he was at a conference in peaceful Switzerland to hear a lecture by Werner Heisenberg, the Nobel prizewinning physicist who headed Hitler's atom-bomb project. Berg's orders were to shoot the scientist if it became apparent that the Nazis were close to producing a nuclear weapon. Berg did not know enough physics or German...
...strategy to score may require players to move the ball away from the opponents' goal, as the Germans often would do. Other times the strategy is not to score at all. A tie can be like kissing Julia Roberts, as the Americans discovered in their 1-1 match with Switzerland in the opening round, which helped them advance to the second. Sometimes strategy defies rational analysis. "God was a Bulgarian today," said Hristo Stoichkov of his country's unlikely victory over Mexico. "It doesn't matter...
...World Cup playing field has now been narrowed to eight quarter finalists, with Romania pulling off a major upset. Itnow advances, after eliminating the Maradona-less Argentine team 3-2 on Sunday. Other scores: Saturday, July 2 -- Germany squeaked by Belgium 3-2 and Spain whomped Switzerland 3-0 . . . Sunday, July 3 -- The Saudis fell to Sweden, 3-1 . .. Monday, July 4 -- The Dutch sent the Irish home by a score of 2-0 . . . Tuesday, July 5 -- Italy was victorious over Nigeria, 2-1, and Mexico lost to Bulgaria, 3-1.parparpar
...soccer team defeated mighty but flighty Colombia, 2-1. It was the Americans' first Cup victory since 1950, when a lineup of inspired nobodies stunned the powerhouse English squad, 1-0, in one of the sport's most notorious upsets. The victory over Colombia (following a tense tie with Switzerland) nearly ensures that the U.S. will advance to the second of five rounds in the 24-team bash. It also drew praise for the upstart Yanks from a skeptical world press; London's Daily Telegraph dubbed them "Team Miracle." Naturally, the spokesman for the U.S. eleven, Dean Linke, is even...
Members of Congress recently filed their 1993 financial-disclosure forms, which reveal the number of free trips they took. While the travel -- much of it with spouses -- comes in the midst of lobby reform, our representatives ( still managed to cover a lot of territory, from Switzerland to Boca Raton, Florida, thanks to the largess of corporations, think tanks and legislative service organizations...