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...Baker's attempt to make the showdown with Saddam into a pocketbook issue backfired. He was widely clobbered for being patronizing; most Americans like to think their country's role in the world is more than just a matter of looking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad | 1/13/1992 | See Source »

...Elis' first ECAC loss, but not its first of the season. At the Great Badger Showdown over Winter Break, Yale kept eighth-ranked Wisconsin tied, 1-1, into the final session. The Badgers, however, finally got their act together, rattling off five goals to take the contest...

Author: By Ted G. Rose and Jay K. Varma, S | Title: Icemen Feel At Home On Road | 1/8/1992 | See Source »

...wake of Mario Cuomo's default, meanwhile, the six major Democratic candidates are looking to the Granite State as the first major showdown in what has suddenly become a wide-open scramble for their party's nomination. For now, the one clear winner is New Hampshire; after three years of dismal economic news, the locals can look forward to a quick-shot infusion of cash from the candidates and the hordes of journalists covering the contest. At least four of the Democrats will spend $530,000 apiece, the maximum allowed in the primary. On top of that, the Administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Hampshire | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...events in this century, World War I and World War II, have had an impact comparable to that of the Second Russian Revolution. In each of those earlier cases, our side's victory left a vacuum soon filled by new villains with big, bad ideas that made another global showdown inevitable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad | 12/30/1991 | See Source »

...ECAC closes out the 1991 year with a showdown between two of the top teams in the nation...

Author: By Jay K. Varma, | Title: Icemen Looking Forward to 20-Day Layoff | 12/11/1991 | See Source »

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