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...certain of his height (5 ft. 10 in. or 11 in.) or his weight (possibly 180). We are not absolutely sure who his parents were, how much schooling he had (he apparently never completed higher education), or whether his wife is alive or dead. Nor do we know for certain whether he speaks or understands English. We do know that a son speaks English and that a daughter writes stories for a Soviet culture magazine. Andropov's affinity for the arts is hearsay because there are no confirmed reports of him at the theater or in museums...
That state reached a new height last week as the Nicaraguans watched Operation Big Pine taking place across the border. Claiming that Big Pine was the prelude to a major U.S.-backed invasion of Nicaragua, the Sandinista government called a full-scale alert in five frontier provinces. Green-uniformed guardsmen scanned border outposts for signs of more incursions of the kind that occurred at Bismuna...
...many informers (vs. a U.S. intelligence and counterintelligence network of only 130,000), most of whom keep watch on their fellow citizens within the U.S.S.R. Even before Andropov's rise to power, the KGB's influence inside the Soviet Union was immense. Today more than four decades after the height of Stalin's reign of terror, many Soviets are still reluctant to call the organization by name, preferring such euphemisms as "the Committee," "the Office," or just an abbreviation...
Senior Co-Captain George White replaced the disqualified Trout, only to follow him to the bench a minute later when he fouled--guess who--Kelly going after a rebound. With both White and Trout playing spectator roles and Harvard's height advantage dissipated, the quicker Elis grabbed control. When Kelly hit his sixth straight free throw and his 10th consecutive Yale point, the Elis led by six and the cagers could not recover...
...Elis had been sagging on the 6-ft, 9, in Trout throughout the game. The Harvard center owned a two-inch advantage over his tallest opponent, but with four Yale defenders swarming around him whenever he touched the ball, his height surplus proved less than overpowering...