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...decision on installing the devices "raises fundamental questions about the proper role of Government in the lives of the citizens of this country." Linking auto ignitions to seat belts went too far, Coleman noted, and so may laws requiring motorcycle helmets. After a great public cry, the maddening buzzer system was thrown out, and helmet laws are now being attacked. Mill might have nodded approval. Not Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader, who protested last week that by not making air bags mandatory, the Government was "condemning 10,000 people to death and hundreds of thousands of people to needless injury...
Rick Stafford peers through the window glass at 17 Quincy Street and raises his eyebrows in alarm. "Oh boy! We've got a function going on here," he says, pressing the buzzer firmly. No one responds so he knocks on the door, waits and buzzes again. Finally the door opens and he strides in and over to a small room where fancily dressed people are sipping cocktails. He spots Helen Gilbert (chairman of the Radcliffe Board of Overseers) whom he is supposed to photograph, and moves away to attach his flash to his camera. He thought Gilbert would be alone...
Last night's contest all went down to the final buzzer, as B.U. squeaked by Boston College 6-5, Brown slipped past Dartmouth 5-4 in overtime, and Cornell held on to defeat Clarkson...
...basketball as poor shooting keynoted the action through Harvard's 11-9 lead after ten minutes. Although the Crimson upped the margin to five points, Yale deuced its way back to a slim 25-24 score. The lead seesawed to and fro until Carey nailed a jumper at the buzzer to send the cagers into the dressing room ahead...
With a few seconds left and the score tied, 70-70, Harvard had control of the ball in the forecourt. Alex James lofted a 20-foot, turn-around jumper which rolled around the rim and plunked off as the buzzer sounded...