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NOTEBOOK: All the players will have one more day to regain their health for the match against Yale at Hemenway on Wednesday...
...baiter Boris Yeltsin shocked a party congress by staging a dramatic walkout, leading an exodus of some 2 million disaffected members. But Khrushchev's miracle may not have been quite enough. By last week, it had become clear that die-hard disciples of Marx and Lenin were determined to regain the national whip hand, come what...
...devoid of happiness, overrun by corrupt politicians and dirtied by smog. All the adults are serious and somber, and no one has enough "gift of gab" to tell stories except for Haroun's father. When the father loses this ability Haroun must help his father and several other adults regain their happiness. Among the various morals presented here: dishonest, power-hungry sad people are bad; national animosities are misfounded; and children should respect their elders...
...large sedan pulls up and out jumps Tel Aviv mayor Shlomo Lahad. Pols never miss a beat. In tow, oddly enough, is Zubin Mehta, the director of Israel's Philharmonic Orchestra. Lahad's presence has a powerful effect on the residents of the area. They seem to regain their bearings as he parades confidently around an area that 20 minutes ago had been filled with deadly flying metal. He jokes with them, saying "Saddam did you a favor. Now the city will give you brand new homes." The crowd erupted in laughter...
...persuasions agree on the need to curb the country's soaring crime rate and to attack the burgeoning black market, Gorbachev's new embrace of the military and KGB has particularly alarmed ^ radical reformers. "Gorbachev is willing to use any source he can find right now to help him regain the power he has lost," says Andranik Migranyan, a Moscow political scientist. "But if he allows the right to consolidate, he will only create more serious obstacles in the path leading to democracy and a market economy...