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...remember ever losing a match that badly," said Billie Jean. Chris, just 17, and not eligible to turn professional until next season, had to bypass the $4,400 first prize. Billie Jean, for one, can hardly wait for Chris to turn pro. "If Chris comes out on the tour," she promised, "she'll find out the facts of life." One fact Chris already knows: while fighting for room at the top, she will be pressured from below by another two-fisted Evert. In the opening round of last week's tournament, Chris' sister Jeanne scored another...
Alternatives. Some considerable reforms could alleviate the worst difficulties while preserving the grand jury's real virtues. To begin with, its function of approving indictments sought by prosecutors might be curtailed. In some states, D.A.s can already bypass the grand jury, and simply issue an indictment themselves or go before a judge for a preliminary hearing; at such hearings the defense can attend and cross-examine any witnesses. The process is much fairer. Even a few prosecutors, notably Philadelphia's Arlen Specter and Houston's Carol Vance, favor it as a way to speed the pretrial process...
Fast delivery is the key to his campaign. Between major distribution centers like Chicago and St. Louis the N&W runs more frequent and faster trains. For Detroit automakers, among others, the N&W has 39 special "run-through" trains that bypass many old stops, saving as much as two days' travel time...
...often to be able to interpret Arab threats of "a Jewish bloodbath" as mere rhetoric. The new generation in Israel has passed beyond ideology, beyond any concept of moral mission: Israel is quite simply their home and they must defend it. In such a spirit, Israeli schools tend to bypass the history of the Jews in the Diaspora and its "shame" completely and instead teach the youth to venerate their ancient ancestors who lived by the sword: the generation that originally conquered Canaan; the Maccabees who defeated the world-power Greece; most of all, the Zealots at Massada, who withstood...
...Classified exhibit). Forth, sensors on both sides of the munitions package, determine if truck traffic is getting through the package. Sensors in others locations are used to determine other routes taken by the enemy if he cannot get through the munitions package. By creating a difficult-to-bypass choke point, munitions packages can also result in a concentration of enemy vehicles. These can then be attacked using CBU-24 and general-purpose bombs...