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Preliminary estimates show that for the fourth connective year, applications to the Harvard Medical School declined but the dip was smaller then in previous years and the downward trend appears to be leveling off, Harvard officials said yesterday...
...available 30-sec. commercial spots. "I couldn't confirm half, but I know it's a good portion," comments Jeff Tolvin, ABC's director of business information, with gingerly care. The network is charging a hefty $135,000 a spot-a price that could dip as show time approaches and empty air time looms-but the problem, according to Madison Avenue, is not monetary. "It may be one of the most devastating pieces of film I've ever seen, TV or otherwise, but it is artistically unsuit able to most of our clients," says Joel Segal...
...high 13.9 per 1,000 in Nevada and 8.3 in Alaska. Marriages (2.5 million) boomed for the seventh straight year and reached the highest rate (10.8 per 1,000) since 1973. The sharpest rises, 5% and 6% respectively, occurred in the Middle Atlantic states and New England. The dip in the divorce rate may be partly the result of a new trend revealed in another Government study: the postponement of marriage by those in the 20-to-24 age group. "There is a lot of evidence," says NCHS Demographer Barbara Wilson, "that early marriages are less stable...
...year-old St. Louis girl went for a dip in a fountain in a popular local park one day in July and was brutally assaulted by two youths who ripped off her shorts and repeatedly raped and sodomized her for 40 minutes. At least three adults stood by and watched as the girl screamed for help. Finally, an eleven-year-old boy alerted authorities...
Gibson explained that doing something for the hunger of the riders was the prime activity at the church last night, as local high school students and others helped serve home-cooked spaghetti with meat, tossed salad, garlic bread, lemonade, vegetables and dip, and--for dessert--some cookies...