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...motive, they would have had to kill both parents to inherit their $14 million estate. Other pieces soon fell into place: investigators found a screenplay that Erik wrote about a young man who murders his very rich parents for their money. A home- computer disk thought to contain the father's revised will was mysteriously erased. Far from appearing crushed with grief, after the slayings the boys set off on a $700,000 shopping spree...
...skyline -- in part by visually eclipsing Metropolitan Tower -- and proves that grandeur need not equal bulk. Pelli's apartment-and-office tower is a full block deep and 60 stories tall, but it is marvelously narrow -- a mere 50 ft. wide. New buildings of this height usually contain two or three times as much square footage; no matter how interesting or tarted up, such behemoths almost inevitably darken and oppress their bit of the city. This slender, elegant slab is like a dancer among thugs...
Harvard's efforts to contain the Yale scorers will be bolstered by the return of junior fullback Josh Morris, who was red-carded in the season-opener against Columbia. Midfielders Juan Betancourt, Jeremy Amen and Joe Bradley also are expected to play today. However, junior goalie Scott Salisbury is sidelined with an ankle injury which he sustained against UConn, and Harvard will be forced to rely soley on junior netminder Jamie Reilly...
Like Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush may have welcomed their rendezvous last weekend as a respite from problems at home. Just before the President departed for Helsinki, he ascended another summit, this one devoted to hammering out a plan to contain the exploding federal deficit...
...committee is reportedly wrapping up its long list of 50 to 100 candidates for the presidency. Sources have said it will contain a number of figures from academia, philanthropy and politics...