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...Russian scientists of all stripes, the hard times began the moment the old empire crumbled. Once the pampered elite of Soviet society, chemists, physicists and other highly trained researchers currently earn as little as $100 a month. According to Lev Mukhin, a science and technology counselor in the Russian embassy in Washington, most scientists today have to hold two or three jobs to make ends meet. Just last month the head of one of Russia's prestigious nuclear-research centers wrote a letter complaining about his inability to get his projects financed or his workers paid, and then he shot...
...Boston, David S. DeSimone '98 of Mather House, James M. Dickerson '98 of Quincy House, Christine Folch '98 of Pforzheimer House, Sarah A. Gervase '97 of Pforzheimer House, Christopher M. Griffith '97 of Leverett House, Randy A. Karger '98 of Winthrop House, Jose M. Padilla '97 of Eliot House, Lev Polinsky '98, Donald J. Rissmiller '98 of Adams House, Christopher J. Russo '97 of Leverett House and last, but not least, the ringmaster, Bradley L. Whitman '98 of Adams House. These undergraduates should be ashamed to be associated with the rotten hatred spewed in the most recent issue...
This punishment flatly contradicts the Ad Board's policy as explained in its brochure. The booklet provides sample cases, meant to illustrate a representative punishment for a given crime. The relevant case deals with two hypothetical students named Kirk Land and Lev Rette who become involved in a fight resulting in "cuts and bruises" for both. The punishment? "The Ad Board required both KL and LR to withdraw for one year because of physical violence...
...heavy rain inconvenienced first-year Lev. Gerlovin '98, who was forced to change his footwear three times...
What about the behemoths who get out? "Most of them just shrivel up on the streets," says Lammers, who has 16-in. biceps and benches 325 lbs. Deputy superintendent Lev Baldwin thinks it's unfair to single out weight lifting as criminal empowerment. "What's the difference," he asks, "between allowing them to get big muscles or letting them do aerobics so they can snatch purses and run faster?" The inmates themselves chuckle at the notion that biceps are a crook's best friends. Says prisoner Philip Shaw, 31, who resorts to 1,000 push-ups a day when...