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William Taylor Jr., a 15-year-old, was killed by officer Gerald Collins. The patrolman saw Taylor running from the scene of a house burglary. When the boy did not respond to the command "Freeze," Collins hit him in the back of the head with a shotgun blast. Within a week of the killing, hundreds of Blacks hit policemen with stones and attacked squad cars. The Flint police cleared Collins of any wrongdoing...
...preferences of the entire community. As official landmarks in our greatest cities, they supposedly represent the value and attitudes held in common by the society at large. Thus bronze statues may come and go like Prohibition and Victorian morality: Emancipation, though originally made with the best of intention', cannot command public acceptance forever...
Harvard used its superior speed to gather back-door buckets and driving lay-ins, while Trout took command under the basket. The 6-ft., 9-in. junior netted Harvard's last seven first-half points, as the Crimson claimed at 33-22 margin at the intermission...
Meanwhile, Thatcher, 57, looks ahead with a confidence she could not command twelve months ago. At the Tories' annual convention in Brighton this year, the slogan was THE RESOLUTE APPROACH, and no one doubts that in any election campaign Thatcher will trumpet her readiness to battle any comers, whether they be crusty trade union chiefs, Argentine generals or hectoring Commons members. And, as ever, she plans to prevail. When a close friend recently asked her, "Who will come after you?" she replied insouciantly, "After me?there's me!" No one thinks she is joking...
...even certain that Volcker will be chairman of the Fed beyond next August, when his term expires. Should Reagan choose to reappoint him, Volcker would be faced with a big decision. The chairman of the world's richest central bank makes only $60,663 a year; he could doubtless command at least $500,000 if he left. It is almost ironic, but the banker who moves billions could use the money. A man of limited personal means, he lives in spartan $394-a-month bachelor digs in Washington during the week. On weekends he shuttles to New York City, where...