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Part of the problem is that Bush's Administration came into office on probation in the eyes of the Republican hard right and wary of appearing susceptible to Gorbomania. Some members of the new team seem to relish the chance to sound tougher than their predecessors. A number of Bush aides have privately derided Ronald Reagan for his arm-in-arm stroll through Red Square with Gorbachev at their summit meeting last June and for proclaiming the Evil Empire a thing of the past...
Junior Roger Berry had a tougher time atnumber-two singles dropping a set before finallyprevailing over Crimson nemesis Dan Levine, 6-2,3-6, 6-3. Last season Levine defeated Berry andCo-Captain Mark Leschly, as well as last year'sCo-Captain Arkie Engle. But this year Berrydictated the play of the match, winning the lastgame at love when Levine netted a backhand return...
...Pete Ciavaglia is the player we thought we had to shut down," Anzalone said. "Pete Ciavaglia is a dominant college hockey player. He can take a hit, he can take a stick. He's tougher than other players...
...systems. After the merger, Time Warner will serve 5.6 million customers, or 12% of U.S. households with cable. The new operation will still be smaller than the largest cable company, Tele-Communications, which serves 24% of the industry's customers. Experts say that unless President Bush takes a tougher antitrust stance than the Reagan Administration did, the Government is not likely to block a Time-Warner merger...
...Jalalabad falls, can Kabul be far behind?" say the Afghans. But for the mujahedin forces, capturing Afghanistan's third largest city is proving tougher than expected. Last week the rebels confidently predicted they would take Jalalabad within a week. But after five days of fierce fighting, the Soviet-backed Kabul regime was showing no sign of surrendering. A victory for the rebels would give them an important boost in political credibility. On the other hand, if government forces can hold Jalalabad, they will deal a serious psychological blow to their enemies...