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Finland defeated the United States 7-2 in the World Ice Hockey Championships in Alba di Canazei, Italy. The U.S. is 3-2-0 in preliminary round action...
...already a fixture in Democratic politics in Massachusetts," says Jonathan H. Alter '78, who also worked in Di Cara's campaign. "He knew everybody and was taken seriously as a political operative...
...addition to Di Cara's campaign, Rooseveltalso directed the successful campaign of John O'Bryant, who became the first Black member ofBoston's School Board...
...babies who die of SIDS each year actually expire of other causes, including murder. Generally the killer is the mother. Sometimes she slays for insurance or from frustration, and sometimes in a twisted bid for attention and sympathy. These sympathy junkies, says Vincent Di Maio, medical examiner of San Antonio, Texas, "usually keep killing until they're caught or run out of children...
...that suffocation, the usual method of these infanticides, is virtually indistinguishable from SIDS on autopsy. As a result, single deaths don't raise much suspicion. Nor should they. But red flags should snap up when several apparently healthy babies die in one family. "Two SIDS deaths is improbable," observes Di Maio. "But three is impossible." Another sign of possible foul play: repeated bids for medical attention for the children before they die. "Often there's a long medical record of these babies being brought barely breathing to hospitals by the parent who says they have a history of turning blue...