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...women's ice hockey team's dynasty should remain intact. A number of prospects will hope to crack the women's ice hockey starting line-up and send Harvard to its third straight Ivy title. The recruits include: Cici Clark of South Hamilton, Mass.; Sandra Colt of Wenham, Mass.; Elizabeth Hanson of Lincoln, Mass.; Courtney Hurley of Lloyd Harbor, N.Y.; Lauren Messmore of Hartford, Conn.; Virginia Simon of Manchester, Mass.; Beverley Stickles of Concord, Mass. and Sandra White of Saugas, Mass...
...afternoon last week, seven of the eight Widener terminals were occupied by graduate students getting their first crack at Harvard's on-line catalog. They said that HOLLIS seemed like a good idea. "It's much faster than before," said a graduate student in East Asian Languages who refused to give his name. "But I'm not sure I can use it. There must be a lot of exciting things you can do with...
...many inner-city schools are less centers of learning than custodial institutions complete with wardens (principals) and guards (teachers) striving to control a mob of prisoners (students), some so preoccupied with the three Cs -- crack, crime and casual sex -- that they have no time for the three Rs. But the educational blight is not confined to underclass ghettos and barrios. Despite efforts to upgrade the math skills of U.S. students, a recent survey indicates that nearly half of American 17-year-olds cannot perform simple calculations that are normally learned in junior high school. Other surveys have documented equally dreary...
...rival groups agreed years ago that the Medellin dealers would monopolize Miami and the Cali clan would control the New York trade. But the popularity of crack has expanded the more profitable New York traffic and apparently shattered the deal. One ominous result is that both Robert M. Stutman, head of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration office in New York, and Sterling Johnson, New York City's special narcotics prosecutor, say they have learned that the Medellin cartel has hired gunmen to kill them. Says Stutman: "We get very angry at this type of thing...
...number of multiply addicted homeless has grown at a tremendous rate," says Anita Beaty, director of the Task Force for the Homeless in Atlanta. "People don't choose to panhandle because they want to abandon their responsibilities; other causes come first." In New York, particularly, many residents consider crack to be one reason for the sudden appearance of so many young, angry, able-bodied panhandlers all over town. The most aggressive and abusive of the city's beggars often appear to be strung out on drugs; pedestrians hand over money in order to pass by in safety, a kind...