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Much of the referendum companioning will hit a peak the weekend as prop us opting the death penalty question and the hotter the mount major leafleting and canvassing efforts...
...lately of meat-packing fame), for far less than he earned in his first racing season. He proved his talent first at Suffolk, where much of the competition is only a step or two away from the Alpo factory. But "the Boston horse," as he became known around the peak of that first season, continued to win races beyond the Hub. By the time he had won the Flamingo Stakes and the Florida Derby--two key prep races for the Kentucky Derby--he was being touted as the next Triple Crown horse. And not unreasonably so. In the parading...
That future, in the eyes of Hong Kong's 5.5 million nervous residents, has never seemed more in need of clarification. From the luxurious mountaintop mansions of "the peak" to the factory floors of Kowloon, from the shimmering office towers of the business district to the wretched squatter camps near Aberdeen, the consuming topic of conversation nowadays is what exactly will happen to Hong Kong before July 1, 1997. That is the date when more than 90% of Hong Kong's land area, the 373-sq.-mi. New Territories, will revert to China under the terms...
...Harvard, where political ambition runs rampant, the response to these early pleas has been enthusiastic. Leaflet drops and telephone campaigns are well underway. Democratic Club Vice President David Thottungal '84 says interest in party politics has hit a peak after a year of quiet organizing. Even the Republicans at this traditionally liberal college boast a campaign squad of more than 50 and have volunteers in at least three of the most-heated contests...
...mammoth four-pipeline network intended to make Alaska's vast natural gas reserves available to the rest of the U.S. Expected to be completed by the end of the decade, the system will provide the country with enough fuel to heat 4.5 million homes per day at peak capacity. Though the pipeline has been plagued by financing problems and construction start-up delays, it is seen by industry experts as an important complement to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, which carries 1.5 million bbl. of crude oil per day from Prudhoe Bay on the Beaufort Sea to the port...