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...hunches invariably puts a culprit behind bars (or in the morgue) before the last commercial. But real police detection, according to a new study by the Rand Corp., is far less successful. "The image of the detective as a guy with a network of informants who can help him crack cases is a myth," says Peter Greenwood, 36, the management analyst who directed the two-year survey of 156 U.S. police departments. Whether or not a case will be solved depends mostly on the information the victim or a witness supplies to the responding patrol officer. Adds Greenwood...
...Harvard does not crack the top six, the squad will be facing either B.U. or UNH in the quarterfinals. "I think a lot of people would like to play UNH," Petro commented, "They've had their problems, and haven't won in the playoffs thepast three years...
...pretty surprising to see Dartmouth beat Cornell," Leckie said, "I'm glad we get first crack at them on home...
Giannini still studies his parts in the same dogged way he used to crack his engineering books. "Details, details, details," he laments. "Perfection. I go too far." For Mimi, he spent weeks in Sicily armed with tape recorders and cameras, studying local speech and mannerisms. "Once I've formed an idea of a character," Giannini reports, "I confront him from the outside. I start with the spinal cord, which is basic to his carriage, his entire nervous system. I must decide how he stands and carries himself in the world. Next, his arms-how does he reveal himself through...
...Operation Petrolandia, involving the First Infantry and Fourth Cavalry Divisions as well as the First Air Force Squadron. And unlike the limited press reports which had marked Alkali Canyon, Petrolandia was fully described in Solider, the journal of the US armed forces. According to USN&WR the "Army's crack 82nd Airborne Division...spearhead of any such (Middle East) operation...regularly practices parachute drops over the desert around For Bliss, Texas, and annually trains for long distance operations with troop, drops in Greece, Turkey, and South Korea...