Of mice and money: cash registers ring in hockey and baseball
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The National Hockey League awarded two new franchises to Anaheim, CA and Miami, FL to promote ice hockey in the US Sun Belt. The franchise fees generated $75 million for the financially troubled league. In related news, baseball club owners paid over $250 million for free agents.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1992
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1917-1991: a suicide
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The Soviet empire, once deemed invincible by its founder Vladimir Lenin, ceased to exist on Sep 5, 1991, when the Soviet legislature voted to surrender power to the new republic-controlled government. A brief analysis is included.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1991
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The last rites of Communism
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The Soviet people, led by Boris Yeltsin, fought against the attempted coup and showed how much economic reforms meant to them. The ineptness of the coup leaders helped their defeat.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1991
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