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Effectively shutting down speedy all-East midfielders Carla Hesler and Cheryl Murtagh, Mullen ranged from sideline to sideline to perform the three-fold duties of the sweeper: pursue, stop and clear...
...strain of this double life takes its emotional toll. One does not see many smiling, relaxed people in the streets of Buenos Aires, and according to one psychiatrist, since 1976 cases of "psychosis" have escalated three-fold. "The tension of 'when will they come for me"?, the anxiety of not being able to trust people, the pain of losing loved ones and not being able to do anything about it is too much. It's like being in a war zone 24 hours...
...potential threat of further Soviet moves, whether military or diplomatic. Pakistan scrambled to enlist foreign support for its defense. A quick response came from neighboring China. Making the most of a previously scheduled visit, Chinese Foreign Minister Huang Hua toured Afghan refugee camps and emphasized Peking's three-fold commitment: to support the insurgency, to aid the 440,000 Afghan refugees in Pakistan and, most important, to "safeguard Pakistan's national independence and security...
...three-fold safety system causes problems of its own, though. "Anyone who's in charge of a reactor is sweating all the time trying to keep it running because there's so much redundancy in the circuits. Every time Cambridge power hiccoughs, we have to stop and check for a problem in our equipment," Harling said...
...YORK RANGERS vs. LOS ANGELES: New coach Fred Shero has indoctrinated his Rangers with Russian hockey philosophy to get new life. Phil Esposito had an amazing season, John Davidson improved three-fold in the net, and Swedes Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson scored stylishly. Nilsson, however, is currently out with a broken ankle. Last year, young defensemen like Greschner and DeBlois needed coaching. This year, they...