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Next year you won't have to go to Stowe, if State Rep. David S. Tobin (D. Jamaica Plain) has his way. All you'll have to do is grab your skis and ride the MBTA to the Arborway...
...first glance, it looked like a classic Latin American power grab. A long line of cars pulled up to the La Paz military airport, and Army General Alfredo Ovando escorted Air Force General René Barrientos to the steps of a waiting C-54. Moments later, Barrientos was on his way to Switzerland. Only a few days before, Barrientos and Ovando had been co-Presidents of Bolivia's 14-month-old military junta. Now, there was only Ovando...
...venereal diseases, dengue, and a virulent strain of malaria that has defied preventives and resists cure. Temperatures hit 130° on the sandy beaches, 20° in the mountains. In the water-filled bunkers of Danang and Phan Rang, marines and paratroopers wrapped themselves in rubberized ponchos to grab a few hours' soaked sleep. In the endless paddyfields, men on long patrols came down with agonizing foot sores from polluted ooze...
...help offered tract developers. And the retired have a home that is within walking distance of downtown, to which they can invite old friends for cocktails, or children and grandchildren for dinner. Unless they look hard, visitors do not even notice the necessary modifications-doors wide enough for wheelchairs, grab bars in the bathtub, raised electrical sockets (to save stooping), and panic buttons for emergencies. To the tenants, the best aspect of the new "sunset skyscrapers" is the assurance that the panic button will always bring prompt, professional aid. All the new buildings either have their own infirmaries and medical...
...Crimson will probably grab an early lead, with Gilmore's match against Cornell star Don New at 127 a crucial one. But then it will be up to Chris Wickens, Jeff Grant, and Bill Malugen to bold off the Cornell triumvirate. The match may well go right down to Tack Chace's heavyweight contest...