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OPERATIONS: Sue Aitkin (Deputy Director); Susan L. Blair (Copy Chief); Stephen F. Demeter (Systems Manager); Gail Music (Production Manager); Judith Anne Paul, Joseph J. Scafidi, Shirley Barden Zimmerman (Deputies); Trang Ba Chuong, Suzi Romanik, L. Rufino- Armstrong, Lee R. Sparks (Supervisors); Ted Alban, Frances Bander, Robert L. Becker, Minda Bikman, Robert Braine, Bruce Christopher Carr, Silvia Castaeda Contreras, Barbara Collier, Kenneth Collura, Barbara Dudley Davis, Jonathan Elukin, Osmar Escalona, Dora Fairchild, Sally George, Evelyn Hannon, Garry Hearne, Judith Kales, Theresa Kelliher, Kevin Kelly, Claire Knopf, Jeannine Laverty, Marcia L. Love, Janet L. Lugo, Peter K. Niceberg, Linda Parker, Maria...
...last week, he produced uncertain ground strokes and he appeared rusty. Even as his playing improved as he advanced to the semifinals by defeating Peter Fleming and Wally Masur, he disputed line calls and spit in the direction of the judge. Nonetheless he fell to a fiercely determined Boris Becker in a tough match that was settled by a 10-8 tiebreaker. It is a measure of McEnroe's enduring popularity, however, that 100 reporters and 40 photographers showed up to cover the Volvo, traditionally a sleepy tournament that attracts little attention. Win or lose, polite or rude, John McEnroe...
...year ago the gangling, inexhaustible teenager became the youngest man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon. Last week Boris Becker, 18, made it clear that the improbable victory was no fluke. He beat the world's No. 1- ranked player, Ivan Lendl, 26, in straight sets with a 150-m.p.h. serve that blurred across the center court's slick grass surface for 15 aces and with volleys that edged deep or skidded down the sidelines. For the West German wunderkind, this year's win was even sweeter than last year's. At a postgame press conference he announced...
...have claimed that their research does not justify the report's finding of a causal link between pornography and violence. The report contradicts a more extensive 1970 study that disputed that link, and the American Civil Liberties Union has condemned the latest findings as pro- censorship. Dissenting Commissioner Judith Becker contends that "social science literature does not show that exposure to porn causes a person to commit sexual crimes." She and Panel Member Ellen Levine, editor of Woman's Day magazine, plan to file a written dissent sometime this week. A national dialogue on pornography, says Levine, is important...
OPERATIONS: Sue Aitkin (Deputy Director); Susan L. Blair (Copy Chief); Stephen F. Demeter (Systems Manager); Gail Music (Production Manager); Judith Anne Paul, Joseph J. Scafidi, Shirley Barden Zimmerman (Deputies); Trang Ba Chuong, Suzi Romanik, L. Rufino- Armstrong, Lee R. Sparks (Supervisors); * Theodore Alban, Frances Bander, Robert Becker, Minda Bikman, Robert Braine, Bruce Christopher Carr, Silvia Castaeda Contreras, Barbara Collier, Kenneth Collura, Barbara Dudley Davis, Jonathan Elukin, Osmar Escalona, Dora Fairchild, Sally George, Evelyn Hannon, Garry Hearne, Judith Kales, Theresa Kelliher, Kevin Kelly, Claire Knopf, Jeannine Laverty, Nena Lewis, Marcia L. Love, Janet L. Lugo, Kevin Madden, Peter K. Niceberg, Linda...