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...percent increase in the Magnet School program, up to $6 million. "Magnet" schools in Boston and Worcester offer specialized programs of study designed to encourage students fleeing the public education system to enroll in inner city schools. Proponents claim that Magnet schools attract students from throughout a school district and help alleviate racial imbalance...
...garnered Ivy Player of the Week honors after recording two shutouts against St. Lawrence and Cornell last weekend. White has allowed only one goal in five Ivy games for a 0.20 goals-against average...In the Beanpot consolation game, Boston College defeated Boston University, 2-1, in overtime to claim third place in the tournament...
...verdict only after some heated quarrels. Most of them entered the jury room believing Steinberg was guilty. Some wanted to convict him on the more serious charge of second-degree murder. But four holdouts were convinced that it was Nussbaum who caused the brain injuries that killed Lisa, a claim raised by Steinberg's attorneys late in the 13-week trial, after several earlier defense strategies fizzled...
...Jurors claim that they disregarded the riveting tales of Steinberg's sadism told by Nussbaum, who testified for the prosecution in return for dismissal of all charges against her. To many who followed the trial with horror, the question of her complicity in Lisa's death -- and in her own degradation -- remained unanswered. Even observers who were moved by Nussbaum's condition were appalled by her testimony that she did nothing when she suspected that the girl had been sexually abused...
...million in 1988, in contrast to $125 million the previous year. The industry piled up total profits estimated at $2 billion in 1988, and is expected to match that performance this year. But the revival has ignited a bitter lobbying battle between Big Steel and its customers. The $ mills claim they need import restraints to keep the good times rolling. But major buyers, notably the manufacturers of automobiles and heavy machinery, argue that such protectionism is inflationary and vow to oppose it in Washington...