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The seven members of the U.S.
women's gymnastics team won
gold medals in the unlikeliest of
fashions. Team member Kerri
Strug made the clinching vault
on a bad ankle, and became an
Olympic heroine the instant she
landed. Her coach, Bela
Karolyi, carried her to the stand
to be awarded the medal.
After 35 years in Congress,
Bob Dole retired to devote him
self full time to running for
President. With Jack Kemp as
his running mate, they gave
President Clinton a "run for his
money" by promoting the Re
publican fifteen percent tax cut.
A crisis erupted in the Middle
East after Israel opened a new
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exit in a tunnel next to a pla
teau, raising suspicions among
Muslims that the Israelis were
seeking to change the delicate
religious balance in Jerusalem.
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