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...crusade against drunk driving has gained an ingenious new weapon: the breath-test ignition lock. The auto's ignition is linked to a breath-alcohol measuring device, and it becomes impossible to start a car unless the driver is sober. Already used in some states, including Ohio, Maryland and Michigan, and pending in a dozen or so others, the locks will undergo their first systematic trial in California by summer...
Intended as an alternative to jail terms and suspended licenses for drunk drivers, the locks have mouthpieces into which drivers must exhale to measure their breath-alcohol level. The manufacturers, Guardian Interlock Systems of Denver and Safety Interlock of Carmel, Calif., claim that built-in safeguards make it difficult for drivers to use compressed air or borrow a breath of fresh air from a friend. One unsolved problem: how to prevent a tipsy driver from borrowing a car that has not been drunkproofed...
...about a "more important role for Government, not necessarily a larger one." Joseph Biden is somewhat more inspirational, evoking generational memories of John Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. and constantly quoting a hymn: "And he will raise you up on eagle's wings,/ and bear you on the breath of the dawn...
...coming to a head for the sparring detectives and almost lovers of ABC's Moonlighting. Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) has a dashing new boyfriend (Mark Harmon), but realizes that David (Bruce Willis) is jealous. Will the two finally get together? If the show's fans are holding their breath for an answer, they may turn blue before it arrives. The four-part episode that is supposed to resolve the problem began airing on Feb. 3. Seven weeks and four repeat episodes later, the conclusion is still to be seen...
...sided delight to lure away an American League East pitcher like Boston's Luis Tiant. Suddenly he has no interest in Detroit's Jack Morris, the decade's winningest pitcher. Montreal Outfielder Tim Raines, the National League batting champion (.334), must wonder whether he has bad breath. So frustrated was Teammate Andre Dawson, he signed a blank contract with the Cubs and is now working for $350,000 less than the Expos offered. World Series Hero Ray Knight cut a similarly shrewd deal while transferring from the champion Mets to the last-place Orioles...