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Since New Year's Day, Washington has seen 55 murders, and City Council Chairman David Clarke has proposed a radical solution to the wave of homicides. Last week he introduced a bill that would further strengthen the city's tough gun-control laws by extending a legal doctrine called "strict liability" to firearms. The law would classify guns as inherently dangerous products whose manufacturers and distributors can be held financially liable for damages caused by their use -- prompting gun dealers to try to keep their wares out of the wrong hands. The statute, says Clarke, "will attempt to do through...
...avoid annihilation, Big Steel had to slash its costs. "Our labor alone put us out of the ball game," says USX Chairman David Roderick. In 1980 the U.S. industry's workers made $17.46 an hour, vs. $9.63 for their Japanese counterparts. Big Steel embarked on a wholesale payroll-cutting campaign in which 60% of the industry's 428,000 workers lost their jobs. Those who remained gave generous pay concessions. Last year U.S. steelworkers earned $22.63 an hour -- equal to $15.48 in 1980 dollars -- vs. $18.52 in Japan...
...David's performance was impressive and inspiring, especially since it occurred during a no-pressure situation," Co-Captain Keith Kaplan said. "Things like that can really stimulate the entire team to swim fast, and that's what happened here against Cornell...
...offense--led by Captain Mike Kelfer (21-20--41), David Tomlinson (13-27--40) and Sean McEachern (18-22--40)--can crack Roy and the Harvard defense early in the game, then the struggling Terriers will make Harvard's Beanpot quest a rough...
...played better than we did on Wednesday. There was a definite improvement in overall effort and intensity," junior David Stonehill said...