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...Year's Eve in Canada, the nation will come to a virtual standstill between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. The reason: a hockey game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Central Army Sports Club from the Soviet Union. Three years after the bitter, tightly contested showdown between the Russian national team and Team Canada, a group of National Hockey League stars, the Russians are coming back for another summit on ice. This time they will be sending two teams into battle with eight different N.H.L. clubs. "It's going to be like the play-offs," says Montreal Forward...
...began rearming the battered troops of the U.D.T. and its allies, including the pro-Indonesian Timorese Popular Democratic Association (APODETI), for a counteroffensive. Fretilin forces, described by an Australian reporter as "looking like a Dad's army of hippies," had set the stage for last week's showdown in November, when, already in retreat, they declared East Timor an independent free state...
Lame Duck. Last week's showdown at the White House did not bury Moynihan's differences with Washington, and the announcement made no mention of how long Moynihan would stay in his post. At the U.N. many considered him a lame duck, his effectiveness curtailed. This would please his critics but not settle the question: How should the U.S. view the U.N., as a place for conciliation or for confrontation...
...months, left and center in Portugal had been warily eying one another, waiting for some kind of decisive showdown. Last week the long-awaited confrontation took place, when far-leftist air-force units - primarily paratroopers - attempted to take control by seizing military bases. In a remarkable show of strength and will, the moderates quickly struck back. With the support of loyalist troops - notably Colonel Jaime Neves' 900 commandos ("the animals," as the rest of the military calls them) - Premier José Pinheiro de Azevedo's regime routed the radicals, and moderate forces gained command. "The far left...
...streak and an overall won-lost record of 9-1. That was good enough to pui them in first place in the Central Division of the American Conference the toughest division in the N.F.L. Their biggest conference obstacle on the way to the Super Bowl is a likely playoff showdown with the rugged Oakland Raiders. If the Steelers survive that, they will probably face either the Vikings or the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl next month in Miami...