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...been one of the reasons for the erratic movements of the TWA hijackers (between Beirut and Algiers)," said Burch. CBS, A.P. and U.P.I. refrained from carrying the news until it had been widely reported. "We released the information when we were confident it would not encourage the hijackers to harm the hostages," said Joan Richman, a CBS News vice president...
...Certainly, there is a role for mental state and emotional factors in illness," she said. "We just don't know what it is. We do know that it is not a direct cause-and-effect relationship." Some of those who insist that it is, she said, are actually causing harm. "There are increasing numbers of practitioners around the country who offer mind tricks as cures for cancer" -- a trend she called "most unfortunate" because patients are drawn away from conventional therapy, which "may very well help them...
...certainly didn't believe he intended to harm his wife, or you wouldn't have associated with him, isn't that true?" challenged Chief Defense Attorney Thomas Puccio. Replied Isles, with a sigh: "I'm ashamed to say it's not true...
Although the Chancellor campaigned actively throughout the state, his personal popularity apparently wrought no magic. Reagan's Bitburg visit probably did not harm the Chancellor's cause, but it certainly did not help as much as Kohl had hoped. The defeat also betrayed a widespread impatience that the Chancellor's long-promised economic Wende, or turnaround, has not fully materialized; indeed, in February, national unemployment soared to a postwar high of 10.6%. To make matters worse, Kohl's protege, Bernhard Worms, was trounced in the race for North Rhine-Westphalia state leader by Incumbent Johannes Rau. With his moderate views...
Police supporters of the stun guns contend that they solve an old problem: how to avoid serious harm while capturing suspects who are a danger more to themselves than to others. The Houston officers who serve commitment warrants on the mentally disturbed use Tasers regularly and gratefully; injuries are down. The XR-5000, says Police Chief Conrad Teller of Southampton, N.Y., "sets them on their fanny nice and quiet. So far as we can see, it's the most humane way to do it." There are police complaints, however. The devices do not always work. Large and aggressive suspects sometimes...