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Rescuers battled a lack of equipment and poor organization yesterday as they tried to free a dwindling number of survivors trapped in mountains of concrete and twisted metal...
...site, rescuers worked feverishly with saws, torches, hammers and crowbars to free a family of seven discovered near the top of what was a nine-story apartment building...
...want of a letter m, David Burling, 19, is a free man. On trial in Hastings, Neb., last week for possession of with the intent to deliver 49 capsules of the psychoactive drug Ecstasy, Burling was acquitted on largely lexicological grounds. The state legislature misspelled the drug's chemical name when it passed the bill that outlawed it in 1986. Thus Burling could not be convicted of possessing the substance specified by the lawmakers. The correct spelling is methylenedioxymethamphetamine, not ) methylenedioxyethamphetamine as the law had it. Next time they ban a drug in Nebraska, they'd better consult a pharmacological...
...realization that even in the face of 40 years of Arab aggression, Israel has not only remained free and democratic, but also fully modernized, industrial, learned, cultured and proud, should not cause observers such as Sharfstein to hold Israel to "A Higher Standard." In proving that external threats do not justify internal repression, Israel has indeed been a "light unto nations." Yet it must never be judged as such. Criticism of Israel is a healthy sign of democracy; few people criticize Israel more than the Israelis. Yet such criticism should not be waged indiscriminately, as Sharfstein suggest. Jews...
...Kosh and Bluestone had 13 and 12 points, respectively...The Hawks shot 36 percent from the field...Melinda Nelson returned to action after being sidelined with an injury...The Crimson travels to Burlington, Vt. tomorrow to face the Catamounts of the University of Vermont...The Crimson went to the free throw line 21 times, converting 12 shots...Duncan recorded five blocks for Harvard...Kosh led all players with seven assists...Harvard's Ivy slate begins January 7 at Briggs Cage. The game against Dartmouth is scheduled...