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Manuel Martinez, 40, and his nephew. Domingo Morales Jr., 25, were shot point-blank by Officer Kevin Durkin. The policeman was off-duty in a bar across the street from his Bronx police precinct. Morales and Martinez were about to leave when Durkin suddenly fired five shots from within two feet of the men; Morales was hit once in the face and Martinez twice in the back. As Durkin's fellow officers removed the gun from his hand, he stood over the bodies, muttering. "I'm on the job. I got them. They're coming...
Midway through the first half, one scoreboard showed Harvard with 13 points while the other gave them only 11. At one point, just as Yale guard Theresa Durkin was streaking toward the basket on a breakaway. Harvard's 30-second shot clock inexplicably went off, stopping play before Durkin could score...
...time since 1954. And victory was all the sweeter since the election toppled most of the Senate's leading Democratic liberals: George McGovern in South Dakota, Frank Church in Idaho, Birch Bayh in Indiana, John Culver in Iowa, Warren Magnuson in Washington, Gaylord Nelson in Wisconsin, and John Durkin in New Hampshire. Only a few liberals managed to keep their seats: California's Alan Cranston and Missouri's Thomas Eagleton won easily, while Colorado's Gary Hart barely beat back his Republican challenger, Mary Estill Buchanan and Vermont's Patrick Leaky seemed to have...
...other regional races, Rep. Christopher J. Dodd. (D-Conn.) defeated James L. Buckley in the Connecticut race for retiring Sen. Abraham D. Ribicoff's seat. In New Hampshire, incumbent Sen. John Durkin (D-N.H.) narrowly lost to conservative challenger Warren Rudman. The Vermont contest between Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Steward Ledbetter was too close to call...
...outcome of the election may hinge on voters' perceptions of the candidates' personalities, which are strikingly dissimilar. While Rudman is smooth and jocular on the campaign trail, Durkin has a reputation for brusqueness. As of late last week, the race still appeared to be a toss-up, although some observers gave Durkin a slight edge...