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That leaves reserve Milan Kosanovich the nasty job of containing All-Ivy defensive end Rob Ryder, a formidable sack threat despite a broken wrist. Big Red linemen Tim Cronin and Ardrell Mannings are also All-Ivy candidates, providing matchup nightmares for Restic. And then there's the omnipresent threat of the blitz...
...Dick Cheney possesses a tongue as sharp as his mind. Soon after he took office last year, he publicly scalded a four-star Air Force general for going behind his back to Congress. Military-service chiefs who oppose Cheney on budget cuts earn a solid verbal thump on the wrist. Last week Cheney fired the highly decorated Air Force chief, General Michael Dugan, for "poor judgment at a sensitive time" in speaking indiscreetly on secret and diplomatically touchy issues relating to the gulf crisis. Dugan was the first member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to be dismissed since President...
Burger, the squad's setter and co-captain, suffered a severely sprained wrist in the fourth set and had to leave the match. Freshman Jennifer Garcia filled in for Burger in the final set and played well, but it wasn't enough, as the Huskies took the final...
...Weigel, a financial consultant in Costa Mesa, Calif., called Milken "merely a financial extortionist on a Capone-esque scale that demands punishment on a similar scale." Concurred Miami attorney J.B. Spence: "It will be incredibly disheartening to the American public if the sentence is a mere slap on the wrist...
Dick Tracy's famed wrist radio may be making its way to retail stores. Last week the Japanese watchmaker Seiko introduced a digital timepiece that can display long-distance messages received over FM radio waves. Like conventional beepers, the $275 Receptor MessageWatch can signal its wearer to call the office, phone home or dial a specific number displayed on the face. Messages are relayed in about one minute through a system of phone networks, FM transmitters and a miniature receiver inside the watchband...