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According to the author's somewhat breathless account, when Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita ("the Tiger of Malaya") moved to Manila in 1944, he took charge of several billion dollars' worth of gold that the Japanese had accumulated in their conquest of Southeast Asia. The bullion was cached in underground caves dug by U.S. and Filipino prisoners of war, who were then buried alive with it. Seagrave claims that Marcos was able to disperse the gold with the aid of a murky global network of coconspirators, including Swiss banks, a London-based bullion cartel, right-wing American political groups (among them...
Messuri's presence should bolster the Tiger offense. But with inconsistent goaltending, will Princeton roar...
...Tiger Tales...
Harvard's destiny in the Ivy League race has been taken out of its own hands. Princeton--whose leading scorer, Andrew Dechet, has scored as many Ivy goals (eight) as the entire Harvard offense combined--leads the league with a 5-1 record. A Tiger win over Yale on Nov. 12 would eliminate the Crimson from the title race...
Milosevic's defeat enhanced his popularity among his followers, to the detriment of national unity. Observed Kosta Cavoski, a Belgrade lawyer and political analyst: "Milosevic is riding a tiger. If he backs down on his demands, he will be regarded as a traitor by his strongest supporters. But if he continues to incite mass protests, he will be challenging the entire political order in Yugoslavia." Though chased off this time, the tiger remains on the prowl...