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...linebackers followed Rush into the line, leaving McGeehan with more time to throw than it took Mario Cuomo to decide not to run for President. McGeehan could have taken it in himself, but he decided to toss the ball to a seemingly wide-open Mike Baker in the end zone...
...people," she writes about a similar outburst, "realized how compensatory those comments actually were." But if anyone should be excused his megalomania, it was Frank Lloyd Wright. He created dozens of masterworks, and his influence on a century of architecture is unequalled. Low-slung suburban houses, cathedral ceilings, wide-open interiors, the blurring of the indoor-outdoor distinction, office-building atriums -- there is scarcely any contemporary American architectural move that Wright's work did not presage 50, 75, even 100 years ago. His was a vast, Promethean talent, nearly as vast and Promethean as he and his biographer reckoned...
...against an intervening force are small, portable and abundant. Western analysts point out that the fathers and grandfathers of today's fighters tied down 30 Axis divisions for four years during World War II. The generals would prefer another Desert Storm: an obvious enemy, a clear military objective, wide-open terrain suited to air attacks and fast armor sweeps, an overwhelming preponderance of force. What they see in Bosnia is Vietnam, Lebanon, a quagmire of murky goals and slogging infantry combat, where air power cannot be decisive and enemies, allies and civilians are indistinguishable...
...wake of Mario Cuomo's default, meanwhile, the six major Democratic candidates are looking to the Granite State as the first major showdown in what has suddenly become a wide-open scramble for their party's nomination. For now, the one clear winner is New Hampshire; after three years of dismal economic news, the locals can look forward to a quick-shot infusion of cash from the candidates and the hordes of journalists covering the contest. At least four of the Democrats will spend $530,000 apiece, the maximum allowed in the primary. On top of that, the Administration...
...been a lot of places, sometimes for a few days, sometimes for longer periods. I've seen a great deal of Britain I'd never seen before. Where there are wide-open spaces, it's possible for me to get out and go for walks...