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Gunning the engine, Laurel races down the rutted track. Even before the truck comes to a halt, Trevino is out and running. Suddenly shots are fired, and bullets buzz overhead. Muffled shouts and the sounds of breaking branches come from a thicket of mesquite. Then more shots, this time a short burst from an automatic weapon. A handgun replies purposefully. The shooting stops as abruptly as it started...
Dukakis has also waffled on AIDS. While the Governor can talk a great game about how educating people is fundamental to halting the spread of AIDS, he gets very squeamish when he realizes how brutally frank education about sexually transmitted diseases must be. Last year, the Massachusetts AIDS Action Committee printed a pamphlet for distribution in gay bars and bookstores. When the pamphlet came to the attention of the state legislature, Dukakis supported criticism of the pamphlet that complained of its explicitness. What Dukakis failed to comprehend is that the pamphlet--which made clear and detailed reference to several...
...have responded to complaints with more patrols. San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos toured the area in an unmarked car and last week announced the addition of 18 extra state narcotics agents to battle the drug traffickers. Residents say cracking down on the crack trade is the only way to halt the violence. The police are not hopeful. "Short of jailing large numbers of people, all we can do is just go out there and stem it as much as we can," says Liljedahl. The transit company has a different answer: when attacks become too frequent, buses are temporarily rerouted...
...beauty into chaos last week, however, as floods and mudslides struck hill-hugging shantytowns and roared into busy neighborhoods below. One slide drove more than 500 tons of mud and rock onto a clinic for the aged, killing 25 patients and staff members. Rush-hour traffic braked to a halt as floodwaters covered downtown thoroughfares, causing ten-mile...
Kills Killed: When a streak ends, it ends with a bang. In Saturday's 6-5 win over St. Lawrence, Harvard's string of 57 consecutive ECAC penalty-kills came to a screeching halt when Saint forward Joe Day scored on a power play during SLU's three-goal barrage in the final minutes of the game...