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...that Cleland will attempt a triple peel and, incidentally, not stain his immaculate summer whites. Australia's Cleland, like 23 of the other best players from Ireland, England, New Zealand, Canada, Australia and the U.S., has come to what some consider the best croquet court in the world to wrest the title from New Zealand's Stephen Jones. "Bloody good," says Williams of the three-ball break. Cleland goes on to defeat Jones, 26-12, in a 90-minute match. The prize: an Omega watch, not much to those on the pro golf or tennis circuits but a king...
...Gorbachev's brand of perestroika. Russia contains 75% of the Soviet Union's land, half of its people and most of its natural resources, which many Russians complain are being used to develop the other 14 republics. If Yeltsin and his radical supporters take over, they pledge to wrest control of those resources from the central government. While they do not favor actual secession, they take a literal stand on Russia's claim to sovereignty. Said Yeltsin: "Russia is a state, not a republic, with all the rights that entails, including its own ministries and its own foreign policy...
Harvard (6-8 overall, 2-1 Ivy) hopes to wrest first place from the firm fists of the Big Green (8-6 overall, 3-0 Ivy). Since Dartmouth remains the lone undefeated team in Ivy league play, this won't be an easy task. Besides the Big Green's record, the Crimson also must contend with the cycles of recent history...
...Walsh said yesterday he is not really surprised that the pro-tenant forces were able to wrest control away the Independents...
Portuguese fishermen or Welsh hill farmers may not endorse that claim as they struggle to wrest a living from sea and soil. Like the U.S., Western Europe has its rust belt and its regions of rural poverty. Nor has Western Europe totally escaped the scourges of drugs and violence. Yet many West Europeans are not only matching Americans in material wealth, but they also believe themselves to be enjoying a better quality of life. "I don't know what America has to offer me that I haven't got already and that I would envy," says British architect Ian Grant...