It then issued an appeal to the Russian people in which it accused Mr Yeltsin of 'political adventurism' and defiantly closed the session.There was no immediate word from Mr Yeltsin, though he said on Friday that there was no more point in talking to the obstructive Congress and that he would go ahead with the referendum whether the deputies approved or not. While Scrutineer was bombing out of the picture, a horse called Autumn Gorse was conjured up to take his place, a bit like Monty's double. Buying is not Crewe's business and, until a beneficent multi- millionaire like Jack Walker rolls into town, it never will be.Crewe Alexandra: D Greygoose; R Annon, S Smith (P Duffield, 63 min), G Wilson, S Macauley, A Hughes, J Harvey, G Whalley, P Clarkson (S Evans, 63 min), M Gardiner, R Edwards. With all due respect to Reeve, handy all-round cricketer though he is, you would have to be a blood relation to turn up specifically to watch him anywhere, let alone a practice match in the uniquely ugly Ferozshah Kotla Stadium, Delhi.The game itself just about served its purpose, without telling us much more than we knew already, and Graeme Hick at least got the feel of bat on ball with an innings of 93 that contained five sixes. An 84-run partnership for the third wicket between Javed Miandad (41) and Ramiz Raja (67) gave the Pakistanis some hope, but they couldE not step up the pace sufficiently.--------------------------------------------------------------------- AUSTRALIA (Australia won toss) D C Boon c sub b Asif Mujtaba .50 M A Taylor b Asif Mujtaba .58 D M Jones b Mushtaq Ahmed . .13 S R Waugh c Asif Mujtaba b Waqar Younis .64 M E Waugh run out .11 * A R Border b Waqar Younis .28 ] I A Healy lbw b Waqar Younis . .0 G R J Matthews not out 10 A I C Dodemaide run out 5 P R Reiffel not out 2 Extras (b6 lb5 nb4 w4) . 19 Total (for 8, 50 overs). Group 4 became a laughing stock for its loss of a string of prisoners.

That makes seven midfielders, six of them internationals: a little excessive, perhaps?'You need cover,' Chapman explains. Good luck.Margaret Drabble was born in Yorkshire and went to a Quaker school. The Prime Minister, Narasimha Rao, said that regrettably, televising parliamentary debates had not improved the MPs' manners - only their dress.. Biggest beneficiary of this option would be Blue Circle, which owns the land on which the proposed station would be built and thousands of acres nearby that could be developed.Blue Circle is also a member of one of the four consortia bidding to build and operate the 68-mile railway from London to the Channel Tunnel. The sense of infinite space makes for a stunning contrast to the cramped pandemonium of the 'party' for Tatyana's name-day - all tea-drinking old crones and badly behaved children.

PHYSICIAN and priest, school governor, counsellor, actor and benefactor, Geoffrey Sturt Udall, while not a national figure, led a life of unusual quality, which touched large numbers of people wtth its humanity and kindness. Geoff Udall was born in 1917. We don't feel a great need to see each other all the time, but Andrew is extremely thoughtful and terrifically loyal. The optimistic German shrugged off his 36th placing in last weekend's downhill and snatched the gold medal with 0.08sec to spare, ahead of the American, Tommy Moe, the unexpected winner of the downhill title last weekend.The Alaskan was timed at 1min 32.61sec, ahead of the Norwegian, Kjetil Andre Aamodt. You don't have to be a member of Mensa to get this one.'(Photograph omitted).

Sadism then becomes part of the culture - as when people were sacrificed to the gods, servants thrown on the funeral pyres of their dead masters, or Christians cast into the lions' den.As befits an academic who now runs an advertising agency, Thomson has a touch that is scholarly but light. But Rie's vases succeed in looking more vase-like than functional vases - and Varah's chair more chair-like. The delegations, each headed by the League's chief executive, Maurice Lindsay, will go to the former Soviet Union and South Africa. The Council of Europe, a 29-member body that includes Eastern and Western Europe, is to hold a special summit in October. SOMETHING rather odd happened at the building societies last week. Immediately he paid homage to the man who had kept the ANC together while he spent 27 years in jail, the late Oliver Tambo, whom he described as 'one of the greatest sons of our soil'.Mr Mandela clearly relished the moment on the eve of the ANC's expected victory at this week's polls.