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Iraq was clearly on the defensive, though, and appealed last week to United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuellar for help in arranging a truce. Having provoked the fighting in September 1980 to regain what he claimed was lost territory, Saddam Hussein now wants out of the war on almost any terms that could be described as honorable. Iran so far has rejected all offers. Even before the present worldwide oil glut, Iraq's petroleum production was down from a peak of about 4 million bbl. per day to about 1 million bbl. per day. Iraqi...
After Co-Captain Paul Widerman's convincing 8-2 victory in the first match of the afternoon, the Crimson fell behind after the second match--never to regain the lead--as both freshmen Steve Beati and Dave Elien lost their matches by wide imagines, in the 126-lb, and 134-lb, weight classes respectively...
While Widerman tries to regain the finesse that he lost when he pulled ligaments in the knee, fellow. Tri-Captains Andy McNernry and Jim Phills continue to defend their top-10 national rankings. Neither has lost a dual-meet match and both anticipate another trip to the national championships...
...customary. They will bring the Administration, and the nation, to a critical test. At issue is whether Reagan can produce a credible program to nurture sustained recovery from the crippling recession that seems to have finally hit bottom. That in turn will go far to determine whether he can regain enough of the political momentum he lost in the past year to restore his effectiveness during the second half of his term...
...because she has never had a real home, the men in That Championship Season suffer because they realize they have lost their home: the basketball court where everything was understandable and visible, and where all could unite against one opponent. That Championship Season chronicles the former teammates' attempt to regain their home...