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First, Felix Rippy and Paul Baffes took the seventh and eighth positions, and then Eric Schuler, in his first start of the season after a training-camp ankle injury and a subsequent cold, came in ninth and Andy Regan then pulled in tenth. And there were more runners still...
...attack was the tenth on U.S. personnel and property in West Germany this year, and the fourth in the past month. The bloodiest came three weeks ago at Ramstein Air Base, the U.S. Air Force's European headquarters, where a bomb blast wounded 20 people. "I don't know who is responsible, but I do know there is a group that said they had declared war on us," said General Kroesen. "I'm beginning to believe it." Specifically, the general was referring to the Red Army Faction, the terrorist group founded by Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhoff...
Like the environmentalists, consumerists hope to parlay the backlash against Reagan's policies into increased contributions. Next week, for example, loyalists will gather in Washington to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Nader's Public Interest Research Groups and Public Citizen. These days, Nader has no qualms about trying to attract "fat cat" contributors; the dinner will cost $1,000 a plate...
...Different dreams, the same empty metaphors. Undeniably, Barthelme has perfected his sleight of hand since 1961, when the first of these 60 stories was published. But as even animal trainers and patient readers know, one trick, no matter how clever, is not enough to sustain a career. By the tenth Barthelme miniature, what began as curiosity and amusement alters to boredom and exasperation. The author's faults-preciosity and an appearance of smugness high among them-become irritatingly noticeable, and the feeling grows that he is not bestirring himself enough to justify continued patronage.-By John Skow
...tenth and most recent member of the European Community about to become its first dropout? That is one of many urgent economic questions facing 6.6 million Greeks this summer as their country prepares for autumn parliamentary elections...