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Maybe it's the November ratings "sweeps"; maybe a lunar convergence of high-profile sex-and-crime stories. Whatever the reason, the tabloid shows have been in high gear lately. Charges of child molestation against Michael Jackson, along with his self-proclaimed addiction problem, have sent reporters scurrying across Europe in search of the missing superstar. When River Phoenix died, Hard Copy was the first to tell the world (through an unnamed hospital employee) that the death was probably the result of a drug overdose. John Bobbitt, owner of perhaps the most famous sex organ in America, told his story...
...this isn't your favorite Combat Zone S&M shop, although the place certainly could evoke images of such--it's Hubba Hubba, your friendly neighborhood bondage store. An unabashed purveyor of classic, as well as cutting-edge, sexual fantasy gear, Hubba Hubba prides itself in helping people "enrich their social and sexual lives...
Harvard has 84 points, 11 less than seventh-ranked RPI, the other ECAC representative in the top 10. The Engineers (5-2-0) are in high gear after a shocking 5-4 road upset of defending national champion and second-ranked Maine in the finals of the Dexter Classic in Orono, Me. on Saturday...
...recent weeks Yale's offense has been sputtering, scoring only 14 points in the last three games. The imbalanced Yale attack has allowed defenses to gear up for the pass, as Harvard certainly will Saturday...
Mistakes and miscues made in the field bear out that assessment. In Mogadishu a lack of proper equipment has cost scores of lives. Pakistan sent 5,000 troops who did not have telephones, walkie-talkies, flak jackets, tear gas and even batons. Gear was eventually provided by other countries, but not before some of the poorly protected troops died in ambushes, and Somali civilians were killed when soldiers without riot gear fired their guns to dispel angry crowds. The U.N. has yet to organize an efficient communications network or stockpile enough rations. At one point food and water...