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...unbreakable union of free republics, joined together forever by great Russia . . ." At 6 a.m. each day, the opening lines of the Soviet state anthem ring out in Russian from radios across the vast country. They are heard by reindeer-herding Chukchi tribesmen in Siberia, Buryat farmers near the Mongolian border and Estonian fishermen by the Baltic Sea. The words project an illusion of homogeneity that Moscow finds increasingly difficult to maintain...
Like some misplaced country gazebo, a carrousel has gone up on the outhouse roof. Exclaims Kevin Walsh, the ironworkers' beefy crew chief: "It's gonna be like Coney Island out here. Lots of kids riding the horsies and pulling the golden ring...
...that of a fight manager animating his contender with energizing drafts of hatred for the foe. Before Reagan's second debate with Mondale in 1984 (Ailes was called in because Reagan had done so poorly in the first one), Ailes sent the President into the ring with these words: "When you see Mondale, remember, this man had twelve years as Senator and Vice President, and it was a mess. And what he wants to do is get your job so that he can undo everything you spent your entire life doing...
Peterson, a defensive end, already has what so many Ivy League players hunger for--an Ivy League championship ring. Peterson and the returning players from the 1987 team earned those rings in the cold of the Yale Bowl in last year's Game...
David said he has advertised in other college newspapers in the Boston area, but has had unsatisfactory results. The business has been plagued by crank calls from people who think it is a sexual service or a prostitution ring, he said...