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...wear seem like nightime versions of the ones worn by the earlier bus passengers. Above-the-knees skirts have taken the place of cotton-slacks, and silver evening bags now hang where functional purses did earlier in the day. As they get on the bus, their high heeled shoes tap against the metal stairs...
...prime reason is the severely depressed state of the junk-bond market, where shell-shocked investors are wary of buying new issues. Of nearly $300 million in bonds that were scheduled to be sold this month, virtually every offering has been canceled or postponed. Without the ability to tap the junk market, would-be raiders will no longer be able to take aim at substantial targets...
Many Germans were also outraged to learn that the U.S. military is free to tap German telephone lines without court orders or even the knowledge of the Bonn government. The Allies retain the right to impose death sentences, control inter-German airspace and veto West German decisions concerning Berlin. The rights are resented even if they go unused, as has been the case with death sentences, and more so when used, as happened in 1988 when a U.S. eavesdropping operation exposed the fact that a West German firm was helping build a poison-gas plant in Libya...
With Melrose incarcerated for two minutes, Brown took the lead on a Joey Beck tap-in. But midway through the close-checking period, freshman forward Steve Flomenhoft flipped a backhander past Brown goalie Chris Harvey for the first of his three goals. Seconds later, Harvard defenseman Brian Popiel, who had tallied his first collegiate goal against Yale, received a Flomenhoft pass and sliced a slapshot over Harvey's shoulder to double his total...
...Tap said, however, that there were also difficulties working with self-proclaimed Porter afficionado Carleton. "The director and I have artistic differences, but it is his show. He's a Cole Porter fan, I'm not," Tap said...