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...ninth round, Leonard mounted his attack, and a five-punch combination (along with a little help from a confused referee) gave Sugar Ray his second professional title...
...valued your article "Getting Tough with Teens" [June 8]. As a ninth-grade English teacher, I see my students five hours a week, compared with the 133 hours when the teen-ager is beyond the authority of the school. I'm pleased that Toughlove recognizes some parental responsibility for the remainder of my students' time...
These days much of what Schaefer sees on his weekend inspections pleases him. In the ten years since he assumed office, Baltimore has blossomed. The once dingy downtown of the nation's ninth largest city (pop. 783,300) gleams with the glass, steel and fountains of Charles Center, a $175 million commercial complex. The 240 acres surrounding the city's formerly decrepit docks now feature a 33-story World Trade Center, a science museum and Harborplace, a stylish arcade of restaurants and emporiums developed by James Rouse, creator of Boston's Quincy Market. A $21.5 million aquarium...
...clearest sign of paradise lost is the state's crime rate. Between 1976 and 1980, murders climbed 53%, rape 61% and robbery 55%. Among 18 U.S. cities with a population of 500,000 to 1 million, Honolulu ranked fifth in larceny and ninth in car thefts last year. State officials last week reported that crime was down 8.1% for the first quarter of 1981, compared with the same period in 1980, but the dip hardly dents the growth of the problem in recent years. Admits Deputy Chief of Police Harold Falk Jr.: "Honolulu is no longer some isolated South...
...Indianapolis farm team as if it were a hockey college, not a franchise, and, finally, trading for the finishing touches. The result: twelve wins and 60 losses their first season, a winning record and a playoff berth their third year, and the Stanley Cup in their eighth-and now ninth-year. With an average age of just 26, the New Yorkers might just remain on top for some time to come...