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...easily if caught?to push drugs, commit robberies and sometimes murder. In New Haven, two brothers, Ernest Washington, 16, and Erik, 14, along with four other kids, were arrested for robbing and killing a Yale student. Since Erik was underage, he confessed that he had pulled the trigger. He told New Haven Prosecutor Michael Whalen: "The most you're going to give me is two years." Erik, in fact, was bound over to adult court. At his trial last month, guess what? Erik denied doing the shooting. It did not help. He was convicted and sentenced to 15 years...
...wing complains that the government, by cutting back on planned increases in the government's share of medical care and student assistance, is reneging on its promise to pursue a vigorous social reforms policy. In economic policy, Schmidt has been cautiously conservative, fearing that too much stimulation would trigger a high inflationary cycle. Says one disaffected S.P.D. Bundestag member: "Hell, Schmidt could just as well be Chancellor of the C.D.U...
...much as 70% for a period of from five to ten years. Even a slight increase in ultraviolet rays seems to cause a higher incidence of skin cancer, and a significant depletion of the ozone layer could cause far-reaching damage to plant and animal life and trigger drastic climatic changes...
...that speeches there were "a ritual to be endured without hearing"? The audience had received him warmly, at start and finish, but had broken in with applause only once -and not at the most significant place. Marshall, as he had confided to associates, had hoped that the speech would trigger an "explosive" effect...
...further ill omen: troops on both sides may be getting trigger-happy. U.S. observers monitoring the disengagement in the Sinai buffer zone have reported to Washington that Israeli and Egyptian units have fired at each other during the course of maneuvers over the past two months...