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...also taken care to set up swift and secure communication links with and among the rebels. Upon receiving intelligence, intermediaries in Oman and Saudi Arabia relay messages east ward to Afghan agents in Pakistan and westward to CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. Two years ago, the six major guerrilla group within Afghanistan had to communicate by messenger; during the latest Soviet assault, Massoud was able to use radios to call for assistance from two other rebel bands...
Only about 500 supporters answered Scargill's plea for an even bigger turnout the following day. Then Scargill was arrested for obstruction at Orgreave's main gate. He was quickly released on bail, but the reaction was nonetheless swift and brutal. Within hours, more than 3,000 demonstrators had gathered, and police charges were meeting stiffer resistance. Lengths of wire were strung across the road at the height of a horse's fetlock and a rider's neck. Telephone poles were ripped down and used as battering rams against police lines. The authorities and some miners...
...until the third inning, but the runs rushed in when his fielders made seven errors in the middle three innings. "Cheveney pitched a great game," Lyman said. "He just had nothing behind him. Any pitcher who pitches like that deserved to win."...The three earned runs Harvard got off Swift were as many as he had given up against all other 1984 opponents combined...Weller set the Crimson single-season record for runs scored (53). He extended his career-record runs total to 142.... Nahigian on the comeback victory over Seton Hall: The players "still continue to amaze...
...Lashua. Vierra. DP-Harvard 3. LOB-Harvard 9, Maine 11 2B-Paul. HR-Reynolds, Gonyar. SB-Lashua, Bernardo, Welter. S-Hackett, Bernardo, Maspons, Lyman. IP H R ER BB SO Harvard Musselman 9 11 4 4 3 5 Marchese L, 7-1 3 4 1 1 1 0 Maine Swift...
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