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...Bennett's best customers were David and Michael Harris, flashy distributors who ran a string of crack houses in South Central L.A. Michael's profits let him buy a red Ferrari and gain access to a world of celebrities and politicians who were unaware of how he could afford his leather suits and diamond pendants. That may be because he also ran a trucking firm, an auto- leasing outfit and a limousine company, which were handy for his coke business. Recalls an admiring associate: "His drivers wore tuxedoes and he always made sure there was champagne in the cars...
This weekend marked the first time in four years that the Crimson has broken out to a 2-0 record, and Co-Captain Greg Tull sees no reason why Harvard can't rattle off a string of victories in this part of the season...
...Columbia had beaten us the past two years, so we were really fired up to break the string," Tull said...
Ostensibly, the divisive issue is Europe. Britain has been debating its role in the European Community for decades. Thatcher, though she insists she backs such steps as monetary union and closer political cooperation, in fact does her best to delay or weaken them. Her obstructionism has produced a string of Cabinet resignations by ministers who tried to correct her course. Howe was demoted from Foreign Minister to the powerless post of deputy to Thatcher in July 1989 for pushing her to accept currency union...
...continue. Israeli security analysts have noted that in the past, terrorist acts have come in clumps. Once one person or organization shows that a particular type of attack can be accomplished, other groups try to copy their success. Thus, it is entirely possible that Kahane's assassination forbodes a string of terrorist attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets within the United States--targets that were previously almost immune from attack...