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...Crimson nine scored first as the second inning leadoff batter Joe Sciolla reached first on an error by Tufts shortstop Bob Berluti. Sophomore outfielder Tommy Joyce sacrificed him to second and Sciolla scored on a single by captain Dan Williams...
...Payments. The ruling will give fresh momentum to groups seeking to batter down legal barriers based on sex. Wrote Justice William Brennan for the court: "The gender-based distinction [in the Social Security Act] is entirely irrational...
...duty: to wake the town. Silently, he commands, " 'Everyone yawn. Everyone up.' The great house stirred below. 'Grandpa, get your teeth from the water glass!' He waited a decent interval. 'Grandma and Great Grandma, fry hot cakes!' The warm scent of fried batter rose in the drafty hall ... 'Street where all the Old People live, wake up! Miss Helen Loomis, Colonel Freeleigh, Miss Bentley! Cough, get up, take pills, move around! ... The sun began to rise. He folded his arms and smiled a magician's smile. Yes, sir, he thought, everyone jumps...
...knows why one person takes out his frustrations on children and another does not. But to some extent violence runs in families. As Louis Jolyon West, chairman of U.C.L.A.'s psychiatry department, puts it, "There is a remarkable likelihood that parents who batter have been battered themselves as children." New York City's Fontana sees child abuse not only as a self-perpetuating problem but as a training ground for general violence as well. "The eleven, twelve-and 13-year-old murderers we see today," he says, "come from violent homes where they were battered...
...turning China toward moderation. In foreign affairs, for example, Mao has emphatically sanctioned Chou's outgoing stance by meeting with the numerous foreign leaders who have paraded to Peking, including old enemies like Richard Nixon. Without Mao's blessing, it would have been impossible for Chou to batter down the walls that kept China closed to most outsiders for two decades. China now has formal diplomatic relations with 100 countries and trade links with nearly...