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...near cessation of fighting. In fact, that was an ominous sign: it meant that the NVA was methodically encircling Saigon without encountering much resistance. There was enough fighting, however, to impress Nam Pham, then a college freshman. Every night during that last week of April, he would climb to the roof of his family's house in a Saigon suburb and watch the flashes of bombs and gunfire coming ever closer. Says Pham: "It gave me kind of a weird feeling, watching something you love so much lost a little bit every...
...quick start and won the first set handily, 6-2, before faltering 4-6 in the second. In the deciding set, Meringoff dominated the action and Jumped out to a 5-1 lead. After several nervous moments when it appeared that his opponent would be able to climb back into the match, Meringoff was able to put the set away...
...think you should be very careful. If you try to climb in through a window that isn't open or isn't open for you, you may end up with one confused lady and one angry boyfriend. You should play "rear window" for a week or so. If she seems to be leaving it open a crack every night just for you, go for it. If she always locks up before bed, don't risk an ad boarding or a beating by smashing the glass with a rock. Remember: the Dodgers will only win the pennant if the Giants fall...
...this old-fashioned show, McAnuff and his team have made splendid use of computer-graphic wizardry: buildings rise and fall on screens in the background, rockets climb, clouds swim past--there is even an erupting volcano. It must be spewing some kind of happy dust in the theater, rendering all but irrelevant the fact that many of the jokes still fall flat and that the story's resolution, even by fairy-tale standards, comes too easily. Will today's theatergoers let such things bother them? This appealing production urges us all--whether we are pursuing business success or just...
...they were awakened by an explosion scarcely three miles from their hotel. At 5:50 a.m. on Friday, the Muslim holy day, a beige Peugeot pulled up in front of an apartment block in the Algiers district of Kouba. Residents who had arisen for morning prayers saw the driver climb out and jump into a waiting car with two men. As they sped away, the three shouted, "Allahu Akbar...