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...Tuesday, their second all-day practice, co-captain Brown says an upset Currie told her privately she was concerned the team might not even make it past preliminaries. By Saturday, CDT’s coach felt better...
...President a Maronite Christian and the speaker of parliament a Shi'ite. Such an arrangement no longer appears to be satisfactory to the Shi'ites. Demographic changes, particularly the influx of large numbers of Shi'ites from southern Lebanon following the Israeli invasions of 1978 and 1982, have upset the political balance in West Beirut. Much of the predominantly Muslim half of the city, as a result, has been carved up between the Shi'ites and the Druze...
...inwardly. Two other doctors took turns at the phone, while Nancy Reagan at the hospital listened on an extension. They discussed what would have to be done if the major surgery were delayed. Reagan would have to go on a preparatory regime again: restricted diet, enemas. Nancy, who seemed upset, interrupted to say, "Let's let the President make the decision," and hurried down the hall to the recovery room to consult her husband. He decided to get the operation over with...
...Coke was the property of the American public," says Bobby Wilkinson, president of Huntsville Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Alabama. "The bottlers thought they owned it. The company thought it owned it. But the consumers knew they owned it. And when someone tampered with it, they got upset...
...U.S.F.L., which was formed in 1983 on the novel premise that action-starved gridiron fans would flock to see football in spring and summer, attempted to upset that arrangement. Led by New York Developer Donald Trump and other multimillionaires, the new league initially tossed around seven-figure salaries to lure players away from the N.F.L. As a result, the average N.F.L. salary has risen 58%, to $163,000, in the past two years. The N.F.L. Management Council warns that if paychecks keep rising at the present pace, the league could lose $87 million...