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After Ted Donato scored the game-winner off a pass from Mike Vukonich at the 16:01 mark of the second period to give Harvard a 4-1 lead, Krayer scored the last two goals of the game. For Krayer, it was time to collect on the Spartans, who had rallied to defeat Harvard, 6-5, in the 1986 NCAA final in Providence...
...superstition and squalor. In fact, alongside the impoverished land of beggars and cardboard shacks there has risen a high-tech, postindustrial state led by an army of self-confident and efficient engineers, scientists and military officers. In the southern city of Bangalore, the two exist side by side: women collect tree branches for firewood, while a short distance away, some of India's brightest technicians hunch over an IBM 3090 mainframe computer to design cross sections for the light combat aircraft. The aim of the LCA project is to develop India's own fighter aircraft at a low cost...
...postcards and telegrams in a fast- growing sweepstakes con that is designed to prompt them to call up the telemarketing crooks. "Mr. Quinn will definitely receive a two-week, all- expenses-paid trip to London," such an announcement begins. Winners are instructed to call for information on how to collect their prize. But when they do, they are informed that in order to "qualify," they must join an expensive travel club and pay "handling fees" of $100 or more, or buy a companion ticket at an inflated price. After the extra costs are added, such "free" trips usually cost more...
Telescam groups in several states employ a "grand prize" hook to sell useless water purifiers. Supposed prizewinners, who are advised by mail to call an 800 number for information, are told they will collect such awards as a diamond watch, mink coat and luxury car if they buy a $398 system that removes pollutants from drinking water. Consumers who buy the product receive a worthless contraption containing two small charcoal tablets. Worse, the prize never shows...
Meanwhile, the spreading scandal continued to collect victims. Yannis Mantzouranis, former secretary to the Greek Cabinet and a Koskotas confidant, was arrested on allegations that he received $2 million from Koskotas in a Swiss bank account. Also jailed was Panayotis Vournas, general manager of the postal service. He was charged with depositing 7 billion drachmas (nearly $50 million) in the Bank of Crete in an attempt to shore it up shortly before the scandal broke last fall...