Word: wonderments
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Cleary's son, Bill Cleary III '85, who played for the Crimson, used to tag along with his father when he was young. The Clearys have always thought of hockey as a giant family gathering--a huge dinner where everyone's invited. No wonder that tradition goes on at Bright. Coach Cleary is probably the biggest kid of them...
Presidential campaigns will live or die in these early tests, but the candidates are forced to spend amounts that would be inadequate to win some seats in the California state senate. Small wonder that this year, as in every campaign since 1976, contenders are vying with one another to invent the most artful ways to beat the cap. Almost all direct mail to undecided Iowa voters, for example, comes with an awkward postscript asking for contributions. The rationale: fund-raising appeals are exempt from the state spending caps...
...than six Swedish skiers have qualified for the Olympics; in World Cup standings, they hold the two top positions and five of the top ten. The team's most celebrated star is 6-ft. 2-in. Gunde Svan, 26, who medaled in all four cross-country events at Sarajevo. "Wonder" Gunde, as he is known in the Swedish press, occasionally leavens his workaholic ways with zany ideas. In 1985 he provoked frantic rules discussions among officials when he announced he would soon start using a single extra-long pole, gondola-style...
...maintain regular contact with them for AIDS testing and counseling. The underlying strategy of New York health officials is similar. Says Commissioner Axelrod: "Our needle-exchange program has nothing to do with needles and syringes. The needle gets the addict in so we can educate and counsel." Still, some wonder if the project will even begin to curb the AIDS epidemic among IV drug users. "In view of the AIDS risk," says Dr. Jan Walburg, director of Amsterdam's Jellinek Clinic for substance abuse, "New York is starting much, much too late...
...shutters and using crowbars to crack flimsy padlocks, the soldiers move wearily down the main street of Ramallah every morning through a silent crowd of grinning Arabs. As soon as the unit passes, the shops are quickly shuttered again. The process goes on all day, and many troops wonder why they even bother. "We do what we're told," said one soldier. "We're just puppets on a string...