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...took place, was lacerated anew last Monday. What started as a peaceful demonstration for the "L.A. 4," still awaiting trial for the Denny beating, degenerated into a melee of brick and bottle throwing that injured 12. This time, however, the L.A.P.D. piled in immediately. Three hundred officers in riot gear made 55 swift arrests, overwhelming the disorder. With both the Denny case and the Rodney King case coming up in February and March, odds are that L.A. police will continue to come down as hard and fast as they did last week. "On a scale of 1 to 10," police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lessons in L.A. Law | 12/28/1992 | See Source »

...advantage of Aspen is that Ajax, Buttermilk and Snowmass are all run by the same company, the Aspen Skiing Company. Tickets and gear are interchangeable--you can buy a three-day ticket at one place and ski one day at each mountain for no increase in price, if that's what you want...

Author: By Marion B. Gammill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Aspen, Colorado Is For Stars and Skiers | 12/15/1992 | See Source »

...SHIPMENTS sent to Sarajevo this year have been seized by Serbian troops. U.N. officials have allowed the thefts to take place. Heavily armed Serbian forces surrounding Sarajevo airport skim a large share of every relief shipment as a form of safe-passage payment, carefully selecting all the meat, telephone gear, fire- fighting equipment as well as the newsprint being donated for an independent paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Feeding The Enemy | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

...nuclear-power workers. The big Mi- 8 helicopters that were used to drop sand into the blazing reactor in 1986 -- collecting such heavy radiation that some pilots died -- rest in a field along with hundreds of contaminated trucks and armored personnel carriers, many stripped of engines and electronic gear. The radiation is not enough to cause immediate illness, but looters are taking long-term risks. Health officials estimate that 10,000 deaths will result from fallout-induced cancers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nuclear Time Bombs | 12/7/1992 | See Source »

...always gear up for a meet in December...to see what we have," Costin Scalise said...

Author: By Olivia F. Gentile, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Women Take on Non-League Powers | 12/3/1992 | See Source »

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