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...even worse in the U.S. Almost all U.S. law schools teach the common law doctrine that "spring guns," booby-trapped weapons that fire at an intruder, are excessively violent when used to protect empty premises. In a 1971 Iowa case, Katko vs. Briney, the State Supreme Court upheld an award of $30,000 in damages to a man who was injured by a spring gun when he broke into the upstairs bedroom of an abandoned farmhouse. In a 1974 case, San Anselmo, Calif, Homeowner Don Luis Ceballos was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon when his spring gun shot...
...Boston Red Sox's splendid young designated hitter and leftfielder has hit 18 home runs through the end of May and is ahead of both Babe Ruth's and Roger Maris' early-season pace. It was enough to earn him the American League's Player of the Month award. To add consistency to insult, Rice's .343 batting average would satisfy Pete Rose...
Three hundred and seventy-nine seniors will graduate without honors. Of the honors graduates, 352 will receive cum laude degrees, 304 cum laude in general studies, 354 magna, 24 magna with highest honors, and 59 summa. The Economics Department will award the most summas, with a total of six. A number of departments, however, will distribute no summas, including the departments of History, English and American Literature, Philosophy, Music and Sociology...
Beginning at 11:30 a.m., the University's graduate schools will award their diplomas, followed by receptions for their graduates. Of the graduate schools, the Law School will award the most diplomas, with 609 graduating. In all, the University will award 4472 graduate and undergraduate degrees...
...award to Giamatti prompted University administrators to break with tradition, planning to allow the 40-year-old Renaissance scholar to march at the head of the Commencement parade next...