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...records of the state agencies who provide funding. And they helped fight for legislation to change the status of a runaway from a criminal to a child in need of service" who needs help instead of time in court. Presently, the Place staff is organizing campaigns to heighten public awareness of child abuse...
...trendy, expensive drug (about $1,500 per oz. wholesale) is said to both heighten the senses and relax the user. That might have been useful in the intense atmosphere of the trading floor. A senior DEA official doubts that profits from the coke sales were being used by the traders to cover their losses on the risky market. Millions are made and lost each day on the exchange, but Board President William M. Smith assured investors that their money was in no greater jeopardy than usual. Said he: "Only a small number of individuals are involved...
...have the greatest team in the world," he said, "you [play] out of town sometimes, and you get beat by the local yokels. I've just got to dig in and get tough." Cauthen has been a determined rider ever since he began practicing yoga at 13 to heighten his concentration; a year earlier he was flailing at hay bales to improve his whip technique. But simple cures are often hard to find for slumping athletes. Cauthen, however, does not appear to have picked up any bad technical habits. "He's not doing anything different," growls Barrera...
...House, the Washington Monument and a spectacular panorama of the Potomac River valley as far as Mount Vernon. The scene haunts him these days as agreement nears on the new strategic arms treaty with the Soviet Union, and America prepares to debate the issue. Rejection in the Senate would heighten tension and accelerate the arms race, Warnke believes. Acceptance would renew hope that nuclear weapons could ultimately be reduced and more tightly controlled...
Gold, who invited Singer, said his absence last year and the publicity generated by his winning the Noble Prize should heighten interest in his appearance...