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...like nearly two dozen of their former colleagues. Such Unified Team stars as Alexei Jamnov, Alexei Kovalev and goalie Mikhail Shtalenkov know that stellar performances will take them from Moscow's food lines to the land of sports agents and deferred-annuity packages in seven figures. Unified Team coach Victor Tikhonov, who prefers the discipline of the old order to the chaos of the new, is trying to make teenagers play like Heroes of the Republic -- or whatever it is called this month. The Russians are merely following the lead of the Czechs, many of whom have already fled...
...gold-medal contention, throwing the field open to a crop of skaters who have been perennial best men but never the bridegroom. The suspense was compounded by a rash of injuries that threatened to derail not only Browning's medal hopes but also those of his two main rivals, Victor Petrenko of the former Soviet Union and Todd Eldredge of the U.S. In the end, Petrenko capitalized on difficult jumps to take top honors, though his stiff finale offered more stumbles than magic. He didn't win the gold medal so much as he didn't lose it. Far more...
...producers of these shows deny any tilt toward tabloid subjects. "These are not sensational stories; these are stories in the headlines," says Victor Neufeld, executive producer of 20/20. Heyward admits there are some topics that the prime-time shows have a hard time doing. "But that's one reason the networks still need documentary units," he says. "There are some subjects that need to be done, damn the ratings, full speed ahead...
Berklee College of Music: GeneAmmons--by student Richard Brown. Recital HallIW. Thursday, Feb. 13, 1 p.m. Latin Music AndWest Africa--by faculty member Victor Mendoza.Recital Hall IW. Tuesday, Feb. 18, 1 p.m. WillCalhoun Clinic--Berklee Performance Center.Wednesday, Feb. 19, 3 p.m. $4. Tickets can bepurchased at the box office at the BerkleePerformance Center, 136 Mass...
...dozen Democratic heavyweights interviewed, only one is willing to be quoted by name; the others fear alienating Clinton or have yet to see how they might collectively engineer an alternative candidacy. The lone exception is Victor Kamber, a well-regarded Democratic consultant who supports Tom Harkin but whose analysis nonetheless is credible since it fairly reflects what the others say privately. "We've been optimistic because we've been able to anticipate a general-election campaign that is truly a referendum on Bush's first term," says Kamber. "If that changes, if our nominee's character or fitness...