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Second, in the event the Soviet Union does not reorder its traditional priorities, as Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney has predicted, and the West is obliged to contend once more with the full panoply of expansionist Soviet ambitions, the United States and its allies will be far better able to do so if they have kept their guard up in the meantime.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: US-Soviet Relations
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Free newspapers were available, National Guard troops kept watch, ventriloquists and balloon artists entertained kids, and even massage therapists were trying to help the 12, 000 to 15, 000 evacuees relax as they fretted about the fate of their homes.
CNN: Unrelenting fires char S. California, at least half a million flee
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Barrett emerged for the third seemingly with a new respect for the power Gammer carried, especially that left hook that kept finding its way through the southpaw guard.
BBC: Gammer takes heart despite loss