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...women's JV and novice crews were unable to match the varsity's success. The JV eight placed third, a boat's length behind Cornell and several lengths behind Princeton. "We were racing in a screaming tailwind and we just weren't used to it," Kate Butler, the JV stroke, said, adding, "We're pretty inexperienced, and we just got rattled...
When he surprised the world by ordering Argentine troops to seize the Falkland Islands two weeks ago, President Leopoldo Fortunate Galtieri, 55, enhanced his image at home as a bold and decisive leader. It was a daring stroke by a man who has some times been underestimated by his countrymen. During the ill-fated administration of Eduardo Viola, Galtieri quietly engineered the "retirement" of two rival generals and replaced them with men loyal to him self. The move assured Galtieri's path to the presidency last December. A military man who states his views explicitly with few ifs, ands...
According to some accounts, Brezhnev collapsed moments later while still in the Tashkent airport. Other versions tell of a sudden mild stroke during the four-hour flight back to Moscow. The evidence: no film footage or newspaper photographs show his return to Moscow, a curious lapse from the ironclad rules of Kremlin protocol...
There were reports that a U.S. intelligence document had described the Soviet leader's illness as a "very serious" stroke and speculated that he would probably step down at a meeting of the Central Committee in May, but high-level U.S. intelligence officials say they have never seen such a document, and have no reason to think Brezhnev has had a serious setback. Saying that he had "no confirmation" that the Soviet leader was ill, President Reagan invited Brezhnev to meet with him in New York City in June. Soviet officials were caught off guard by the ill-timed...
...lightweight eights followed with a one-two finish over a shorter course (4:28) But perhaps the most impressive wie was a 40-second thrashing dealt to Northeastern by Radcliffe's heavyweight junior varsity oars-women (6:56.7), led by stroke and team captain Katherine Butler...