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...before he leaves for France and then a New York summit with President Clinton, Boris Yeltsin suggested that he would fire his longest-serving senior official, Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev. The statement, an almost offhanded response to a reporter's question, was widely interpreted as a capitulation to Russian nationalists who claim Kozyrev kowtows to the West. But TIME's Sally Donnelly reports that the Russian President is playing a subtler game. "Yeltsin said much the same thing on September 8. Kozyrev won't be fired anytime soon. But if he's going to make political points with Vladimir Zhirinovsky...
...another Ancient Eight matchup, undefeated Princeton edged Brown 21-19. The Tigers are now in possession of the Ivy League's longest current winning streak at six games...
...first-half touchdown drive. Quarterback Vin Ferrara, who executes the option maybe three times per game and rarely pitches the ball, rolled right towards the Harvard sideline and then pitched outside to Hu just before getting nailed. Hu took off for a 34-yard gain, which is now the longest run of his career...
Joseph Vincent Paterno, 68, is now two games into his 30th season as the head coach of the Penn State football team. Last Saturday the Nittany Lions demolished Temple 66-14 to stretch their winning streak to 19 games, the longest in the nation. That also gave Paterno his 271st victory as a head coach, which is fourth on the all-time major college list, behind Bear Bryant (323), Pop Warner (319) and Amos Alonzo Stagg (314). The only coach ever to win the Rose, Sugar, Orange and Cotton bowls, Paterno has had five unbeaten, untied seasons and two undisputed...
Monmouth carries with it an 11-game winning streak, the longest among NCAA Division I schools, and they look on paper to give the Crimson its first real test of the 1995 campaign. The Hawks possess a high-powered offense, with the country's fifth-leading scorer in junior Christie Pearce (8 goals, 6 assists...