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...April 1990 survey conducted by the College's Special Committee on Security, 58 percent of women said they knew of "places where there is an excess of shrubbery which might offer protection to assailants." And 62 percent of women said they did not believe "the patrolling of the campus by police and security guards is adequate...
Only 41 percent of men said they knew of excess shrubbery, and a full 66 percent of men called the patrolling "adequate...
...action was a mid-March accident in Florida that killed a family of four when their Malibu fell apart during a rainstorm. The FAA has not determined the cause of the accident and is still investigating the six similar mishaps, but says it has found evidence of "gross" excess strain on the wings of the aircraft that crashed. The manufacturer attributes the accidents to "pilot error and pilot inexperience" in adverse weather at speeds greater than the planes were designed to handle...
...largest recipient of such loans was apparent front man Pharaon, who got at least $280 million. According to Price Waterhouse, the loans were "$100 million in excess of limits" and exceeded 10% of the bank's capital base. Most banks would hesitate to lend anywhere near that amount of capital to a single customer. Auditors also found millions of dollars passing through Pharaon's and his brother's accounts, including stock sales and transfers, yet could find no loan agreements, promissory notes or correspondence to explain the activity...
...satanic seraph of psychedelic rock, lighted his share of libidinal fires before his death in 1971, but is his story worth $40 million of somebody's money and 77 min. of your time? Not the way Oliver Stone's tells it, as a display of pop fame's wretched excess. That was evident back in the '60s; 1991 is no time to wallow in the mire...