Tag: brink
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Luis Tiant, Cuban legend who pitched the Red Sox to the World Series brink, dies at 83
BOSTON — Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban with a horseshoe mustache and mesmerizing windup who pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a World Series championship and himself to the doorstep of the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 83. Major League Baseball announced his death in a post on X on Tuesday, and the…
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A far right party with Nazi roots is on the brink of power in Austria
Politics in a central European country of just 10 million people might not seem consequential. But that’s not the case in Austria, where there’s a good chance its election Sunday will be won by a far-right, pro-Russia party that was founded by former Nazis. A win for the Freedom Party, or FPÖ, would not just…