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...best forwards, a center whose performance is often crucial to his team's performance--Scott Fusco. And the skaters from East Lansing. Mich, have one player who more than any other, has carried his team in its drive to the NCAA quarterfinals whom the younger Fusco will have to vanquish it Harvard is to prevail this weekend...
...sought it or not, the Globe newswriters have become as much a political force as any candidate or faction. They are often accused of being liberal Democrats in general, and unabashed Dukakis supporters in particular. On primary election night in 1978, when Edward J. King came from however to vanquish then-Gov. Dukakis, supporters chants of "We beat the Duke!" soon blurred into "We beat the Globe!" In this year's long gubernatorial campaign, the paper has the dubious and perhaps unprecedented distinction of drawing libel suits from contenders in each party...
...observers believe that Sharon is set on retaliating against P.L.O. activity by staging a small raid, which in turn would cause the Palestinians to strike back in force. That would give Israel the excuse to mount a full-scale invasion, defeat the P.L.O. in the Beirut area and then vanquish the Syrians if they were foolish enough to get involved. The P.L.O. would be routed and, the thinking goes, would shift its attention to Jordan, overthrow King Hussein and turn the country into a Palestinian state. Israel would meanwhile annex the West Bank...
...beginning of World War II in the Pacific and the beginning of its end. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the commander in chief of the combined Japanese fleet, who planned the Pearl Harbor operation, warned of that possibility as late as September 1941, when battle practice had already begun. "Japan cannot vanquish the United States," he told a gathering of old schoolmates. "Therefore we should not fight the United States." As Yamamoto saw it, there was only one slim chance for victory if war with the U.S. were to be pursued. A massive surprise Midway on Pearl Harbor might inflict enough damage...
...choose violence over brotherhood and who prefer war over peace, let us stand in defiance and let our words of warning to them be clear: in life you feared Anwar Sadat, but in death you must fear him more. For the memories of this good and brave man will vanquish you. The meaning of his life and the cause for which he stood will endure and triumph...