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Although the departure of first baseman Pete Albers created the only question mark in the Crimson lineup, his replacements--the platoon of sophomores Binkowski and Jason Larocque--have taken great strides toward filling Albers' shoes. The two went 5-for-13 over the weekend, tallying four RBI and playing errorless defense. Binkowski also hit his first collegiate home run Sunday off Bayer...
From the very start of Boris Yeltsin's rule, his doorkeepers have had an outsize importance in running Russia. Despite Yeltsin's early populism, he has always mistrusted others and tended toward reclusiveness. These weaknesses have increased with his growing ill health. And last week's purge of his government has redoubled the importance of the two people closest to the President: chief of staff Valentin Yumashev and Yeltsin's younger daughter, Tatyana Dyachenko...
Romance, it seems, won't be fleeting. While some may be tempted to write off the move toward adornment as a mere function of the blooming economy, it's important to remember that prosperity has been ours for some time. Last fall's stilettos and minis slit to the waist presented a crude, aggressive sexuality women chose largely to ignore. These were clothes, it seemed, for the woman always carrying around an extra ice pick in her purse, not the one just hoping for a lively Saturday-night dinner date. Women, though, were ready for clothes that invited some attention...
...facts emerging in the Jones case, most legal experts say, cut against her. Willey? The public is tilting toward he-said, away from she-said. Lewinsky? Starr will have a hard time convincing a poll-driven Congress that lying about consensual sex means you lie about everything; it is the only thing many people lie about. An impeachment for lying looks like an impeachment for sex, too much of a punishment in either event, and a huge ordeal for the country...
...YORK: You still can't buy stocks at the ATM. But the move toward one-stop, convenience store-style financial services just turned to a stampede with the announcement Monday of the $70 billion Citicorp-Travelers Group merger -- the biggest ever...