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Beer flowed from big pitchers as a cooling obbligato to the hot sounds

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The bill admits that the key to winning the drug war is assaulting the demand side

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Trying to cool controversies fueled by his visit with dissidents and with Jews denied the opportunity to leave the Soviet Union, he suggested in his news conference that emigration restrictions were largely bureaucratic obstacles that he and the Soviet leader could jointly overcome

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Asked why he doesn't trust the Sandinistas, he snaps, " I don't even have confidence in my own commandos, because any day they might kill me.'

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It's little wonder, then, that Susan has taken to escaping into the company of her delightfully charming, exceedingly attractive, immensely rich fantasy family: an adoring husband, a devoted daughter and a frothy younger brother whose only occupation in life is to pour yet another round of champagne -- " champers, " as he prefers to call it -- for the four of them

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But Mr. Bergen, still thinking about Dan Quayle, wants most to say in 1992 about a President Bush: " He didn't die.'

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Each area gets a general overview, then is examined beach- by- beach, with basic highway directions, a brief history, and lists of cultural points of interest, noteworthy sealife, indigenous flora and fauna, as well as available parking, camping and picnic facilities

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If Europe should be a region where merchandise moves freely, why shouldn't people flow freely

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The leader of a failed coup in August, who escaped from a Manila prison Saturday, called on his supporters in the military to " act and act boldly.'

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Sen. Brock Adams -LRB- D., Wash. -RRB- attacked what he called " sweatshop conditions " in some labs

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People have been predicting Paramount would stumble ever since " Beverly Hills Cop " in 1984

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Unfortunately, they won't work in the harbor tunnel where business travelers sometimes get stuck on the way in from the airport...

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" Seems like you'll never make it to the top unless you know how to dance, " the announcer intones

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But Philips said it would step up efforts to restructure its medical division so that it could be competitive on its own

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Last year, more than 10, 000 Soviets died from drinking home brew or spirits, and more than a half- million people nationwide were punished for moonshining, newspaper reports have said

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Designers there haven't any intention of flooding the U.S. with Siberia- made, scratchy woolen socks or a line of apres- bowling wear

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Tropical storm Chris spawned tornadoes that damaged houses, destroyed mobile homes and caused at least one death in the Carolinas before gradually weakening

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Their camels sleep tied to nearby posts, under blankets on a raked spit of sand

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Eastern has made elaborate preparations to keep the airline flying with non- union workers

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When flights from Chicago to Islip, N.Y., started falling behind schedule, the airline discovered that the Federal Aviation Administration had changed the flying route, making the trip 70 miles longer

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The moshav didn't plant melons this winter, opting instead for crops such as cotton and wheat that can be harvested by machine

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Sometimes your computer partner will land one, the terminal chirping away in an apparent imitation of a drowning bass

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Richard Boyle, vice chairman of Chase Manhattan Corp., avoids serious business when eating in with staffers; " I don't want to give people indigestion, " he explains

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While a possible recession later this year could make the waters choppy for such projects, developers are plowing ahead by building new marinas or improving old ones

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Out of 2, 500 patented Soviet technologies available, Lic- Con has targeted 10 for the U.S. market initially, including a ceramic spray- coating process; a non- explosive powder for excavating rock; and a water- resistant concrete binding agent

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When Chief Gates plowed into the front room, which also served as a play area, the only people inside were two women and three small children, two of whom were eating ice cream

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How Dillard tries to sell its wares will need some touching up, too

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The accident began Sept. 13, 1987, when villagers in Goiania, Brazil, stumbled on some radiotherapy equipment abandoned by a former health clinic there

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Paulina and the old man go out to the laundry shed to eat their breakfasts

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Delta Air Lines said it flew 3.94 billion revenue passenger miles in December, a 26.7% increase from the 3.11 billion miles it flew in December 1986

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The fact that Japanese applicants obtained nearly 25% more awards than they did in 1986 has raised apprehensions in the Reagan administration that Japan is " flooding " the patent office with applications in the anticipation that it will gain a commercial advantage over U.S. firms in coming years

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Others are flooding their local television broadcasts with press releases and advertising that stresses the quality and safety of the vehicles

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What seems to escape him is that the central value of the free market is that it is inextricably intertwined with human freedom, both spiritually and materially

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But this month S& P is trying to take the real estate world by storm, with a marketing campaign targeting 200, 000 real estate brokers, appraisers and portfolio managers

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Next month, A& P will roll out these jams and jellies, now sold only in New York, to its 986 stores in the U.S

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The A's won Monday's opener, 3- 2, on a Henderson home run in the 14th inning, but were upstaged by Team Turmoil's manager, Billy Martin, who was ejected after pulling his old stunt of kicking dirt on an umpire during a dispute

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At a recent Los Angeles fund- raiser, the governor touched a chord when he invoked his immigrant heritage

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Republicans expect Mr. Bush to emulate the Reagan themes of patriotism and military strength -- or, as 41-year- old Charles Murdock puts it, to keep " kicking the dog and waving the flag.'

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As each diver plunges into a cage, Mr. Roessler pours a smelly dipper of chum on top of him: the initiation rite

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When buried in landfills, the oxidizing agents react with metal salts in the soil, and the links between the polymers are destroyed

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From the answer to the Vietnam issue, should it ever be conclusively decided, will flow the prevailing view of America's world role

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Soybean seed sales skidded last spring in South Carolina, and dealers were forced to destroy tens of thousands of bags

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That he can play the hawk, given his 11-year record in the House and Senate, shows what a dovish flock he's flying with

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The question is, do you fix some of these problems by spending more on them or by divesting?'

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Instead, they spend much of their time fighting brush fires, and although Mr. Baker inherits a world in which a number of major crises appear to be cooling off, plenty of hot spots remain

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The crash was blamed on a bomb planted by Sikh terrorists

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Russians in sweat suits drink tea and play cards, repack their crates and collect their linen

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I' ve missed'em

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And even when that loophole was closed, in 1980, the Japanese decided to absorb the tariff rather than boost prices

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A coalition of civic leaders, civil libertarians and Hispanic groups had gone to federal court in an unsuccessful attempt to knock the amendment off the ballot

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In the third round, though, Holmes got up on his toes, danced some, and flicked a few punches

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Researchers at the University of Illinois, which Mr. Harvey said may have found a chemical that prevents the disease, were also flooded with phone calls

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The Transportation Department proposed a new auto- safety standard designed to give better protection to occupants in cars when they are struck from the side

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Ms. Davis had recommended SafeCard at various points during a spectacular runup from a split- adjusted 1 5 8 in 1984, but she stuck with it too long in 1987

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Sure, everybody knows how the trade deficit, the dollar and index arbitrage helped knock the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 101.46 points Thursday

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Brokerage rates are fixed by the finance ministry, so discount brokerage isn't possible, unlike London where the fixed commissions were abolished in 1986

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Meanwhile, law- enforcement officials said that investigators are examining the fierce competition that developed between military contractors over a$ 168.9 million contract to build a prototype surveillance blimp for the Navy

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Weyerhaeuser Co. said it has budgeted an extra$ 1 million to replace seedlings that may die

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In his own weird way, Mr. Waters has captured the gleeful garishness of the early' 60s, when high- school girls wore demure bows in their ratted hair and deadened their lips with palest pink lip gloss -- and believed that racial harmony was inevitable if teens of all flavors could dance together on TV

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Mr. Hopfield, known mainly for his work on neural networks, believes that electronically controllable polymers may lend themselves to the complicated wiring of neural networks

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Justice Abrams, so viciously attacked by Mr. Cooper, was earlier a hard- nosed career prosecutor

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The firm's list also targets several truly out- of- favor stocks, namely Primerica, the financial- services concern, and retailers Dayton Hudson and Zayre

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This, for many American communities, is the latest alternative to drowning in garbage

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The view contradicts administration claims that Moscow knew it was attacking a non- military target

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-- The other day, U.S. helicopters fired on Iranian gunboats that were preparing to attack a Panamanian ship near Farsi Island

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For example, he predicts that banks will lower their prime, or base, lending rate, which now is 8 1 2%, to 8% by midyear and 7 1 2% by the end of the year

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The leads in the second performance -LRB- Ludmila Lopukhova and Simon Dow -RRB- were better than those at the premiere -LRB- Karin Averty and Jean- Charles Gil -RRB-, but there were more enjoyable performances from younger members of the company, such as Joanna Berman, Wendy Van Dyck and Mikko Nissinen, who danced the first act pas de trois on opening night, and Andre Reyes, who replaced the latter on the following afternoon

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Even before Mr. Grosz took over, smaller private companies, still called cooperatives here, were beginning to flourish

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If the Mulheren case does go forward, Mr. Puccio, a partner at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley& McCloy, would likely become the first defense lawyer to cross- examine Mr. Boesky, a role that would guarantee Mr. Puccio enormous media attention

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From the 14th century to Corregidor in 1942, such forts had to be taken by storm before attacking ships could pass

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Astrophysicist Fang Lizhi, China's most outspoken dissident, made a provocative appearance at Beijing University, calling for less Communist Party control and rejecting demands that he stick to science and not delve into social issues

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We are not so advanced as a people that we can escape entirely those fears of shortages and deprivation that gripped our ancestors when nature turned ugly

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These programs target the 34 million Americans who, according to the National Institutes of Health, need to lose 35 pounds or more

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While insiders at Time and Warner didn't rule out a resumption of talks, they acknowledged that difficulties in structuring a transaction and valuing the various assets of both companies have presented stumbling blocks

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Here in Ohio, some Democrats worry that Mr. Bush's dismissal of his opponent as a Massachusetts liberal may drown out the Democrat's message on the economy

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That group maintains Forstmann Little had agreed to step aside if it didn't join in the management- Shearson bid

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He acknowledges that some will see this as a threat to freedom, but he soothes: " Liberation, however, comes in various forms, either by overthrowing the external compulsion or dissolving the inward objection through a change of will, through sublimation.'

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It's not enough to attack the ACLU simply by reciting its 10 most eccentric opinions, nor is it enough to defend the ACLU by recalling its occasional defense of unpopular groups and viewpoints

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At about the same time, according to senior Hutton officials, Mr. Fomon was drinking heavily, though he says that alcohol never affected his ability to do his job

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The FAA ordered that all planes with 30 seats or more be outfitted with equipment that detects and helps pilots escape wind shear

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As Amsterdam flourished, once powerful Antwerp declined under Spanish rule, though this isn't readily evident from the colorful oil sketches prepared by Rubens for the grand triumphal arches welcoming a new Catholic governor- general in 1635

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The only thing missing is wine

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Since Judge Feinberg was in office when the change was made, he was not covered by the restriction and could have remained chief judge until he reached age 70, when chief judges are required to step down

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The Agriculture Department stuck by last month's estimates of drought damage to 1988 crop yields, predicting once again a 37% plunge in the nation's corn harvest and a 23% drop in soybean production

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" If you're an engineer, it's better to get out and run an air- conditioner repair company -- or fix kettles, " a European diplomat says

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Generale de Belgique's president, Rene Lamy, conceded that he could be forced to resign as a result of the demands that would be made by the new shareholders, but said he would step down willingly if it would ensure that the company would remain in Belgian hands

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A former Navy intelligence aide said the U.S. targeted the French Embassy when it bombed Libya in 1986

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She remembers a ninth- grader who was bullied by older students into missing class regularly

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He killed 47 in one month

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Regular fans of this long- lived TV news magazine will not want to miss its 10th anniversary retrospective show, featuring excerpts from Barbara Walters's interviews with Richard Nixon, Edwin Meese and James Brady; reports on AIDS and Agent Orange; and profiles of Barbra Streisand, Katharine Hepburn and Andrew Lloyd Webber

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But although negotiations have stalled, an agreement that would kill Shoreham while keeping Lilco whole is still likely, these persons said

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As clients pour into the issues, prices jump

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Public anger reached its zenith April 30, 1982, when angry mobs stopped three taxis bearing margis, dragged them from their cars, bludgeoned and poured acid on them and finally burned them to death

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There were kimono- clad waitresses, a couple of hundred men in blue suits, name cards, whiskey, little sushi bars and noodle stands along the walls, chefs with puff hats, piles of shrimp and meat, and an ice sculpture, slowly melting, as a centerpiece

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But they did say the coins would be struck in four sizes: one ounce, one- half ounce, one- quarter ounce and one- tenth of an ounce

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The study also showed that different organisms' stress proteins are chemically similar- raising the possibility that vaccines made with the proteins might prime immune cells to target many disease- causing organisms

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Foresters estimate that millions have been killed in Michigan and Wisconsin alone

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An estimated 18, 100 Americans will die from it this year, making the disease the fifth- greatest cause of cancer deaths

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Mr. Vann's life is a stunning story, its surface brilliance concealing sexual compulsions that filled his private life with lies

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Particularly interesting are the pictures from Soviet museums, which have not previously lent to Gauguin retrospectives, nor have these conservative and understaffed institutions slathered varnish all over Gauguin's colors, unlike many first- world owners

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