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...13th century A.D., Afghanistan in the Victorian era served as a buffer between Imperial Russia and the British raj. The Afghans accepted it all, but they exacted a bloody price. For generations, the Hindus of India prayed for deliverance from "the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger and the vengeance of the Afghan...
...memory. Since the U.S. emerged as a superpower at the end of World War II, certain conventions of the historical art form-the assault on the U.S. embassy and the U.S.I.A. library, Uncle Sam burning in effigy, YANKEE GO HOME on the compound walls, the vilification of the "paper tiger"-have become so habitual as to represent a rich tradition. Anti-Americanism has grown in direct proportion to American influence in the world. For Americans now to become so agitated about anti-Americanism bespeaks not strength but skittishness, a faintly disagreeable tendency to ask: "Why are they picking...
...wish they played poorly so I could get mad at them," hockey coach Billy Cleary said of his skaters, "but they didn't." By all accounts, the Harvard icemen dominated rival Princeton Saturday, peppering Tiger goaltender Ron Dennis with 45 shots on the afternoon...
Although defensemen Julie Starr and Anna Jones put in impressive performances, barring all Tiger attempts while they were on the ice, the Crimson forwards failed to complement their finesse with some goals...
...frozen night in late September 1978. Every game meant extinction for the Sox. The Tigers at Fenway. Torrez looks great and preserves a 2-1 lead thanks to a Rice homer. With a man on second--forget who--a Tiger--forget who--singles sharply up the middle. Fred Lynn charges, scoops, throws, watches and jumps up like a little kid when the umpire grunts...