Word: alabama
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Chinks appeared in the White Knight's armor. McGuane and Crockett were divorced, and a nine-month marriage to actress Margot Kidder (Superman) came and went. In 1977 McGuane took a third trip to the altar, with Alabama-born Laurie Buffet, who is the sister of his friend country singer Jimmy Buffet. McGuane's reputation bottomed out in 1978 when he received a critical licking for Panama, a caustically humorous novel that limned the dark side of fame. The same year, actress Elizabeth Ashley threw fat on the media fire by sparing few details of her romance with McGuane...
...mixed. Just as the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War I led to Hitler's brutal exploitation of the resulting power vacuum, so the end of the Pax Sovietica in Eurasia might touch off an ethnic bloodbath among the squabbling successor regimes. For University of Alabama historian Hugh Ragsdale, a Soviet collapse would lead to a disastrous "Balkanization" of Eurasia and the emergence of "dozens of Khomeinis . . . skulking incognito among the Sufis and dervishes of the region." The disappearance of Soviet influence would probably also hasten the emergence of a united German superstate intimidating to both...
...Alabama Invitational last weekend--in which Harvard finished 4-1, losing only to third-ranked Florida--left many of the top Crimson swimmers tired and aching. Against the Elis, Costin-Scalise decided to give some other swimmers a chance to compete...
...were continuing our taper from the Alabama tourney, and we were expecting to swim fast," said Mia Costello, who placed first in the 100-meter breaststroke, 200-meter breaststroke and as a member of the medley relay. "And we got good swims out of everyone...
...whole team got to swim today," Harvard Coach Maura Costin-Scalise said, "and for those people who didn't compete at the Alabama Invitational, it was only their second meet of the season, and some just didn't seem to have the spark. I think I have a better idea of our depth...