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...Classics are quick to point out that in addition to playing some basketball they are--in essence--ambassadors from both Harvard and America. "One of the main purposes of the trip is to improve relations with the warm-hearted friendly populace of Scandanavia." jested Dave Kohn...
...KILLED KAREN SILKWOOD? by Howard Kohn Summit; 462 pages...
...Silkwood drove along Highway 74 to meet a New York Times reporter. Her mission: to present evidence of safety violations at a Kerr-McGee nuclear processing plant. She never arrived. Her car swerved on the dry, straight road and plowed into a culvert. Almost immediately, according to Howard Kohn, company, state and federal officials began frenzied work, not to find out what truly occurred but to prove that Silkwood's death was accidental. Many of the officials also loudly raised questions about her character, digging up and releasing details of a failed marriage and past sexual conduct. Their efforts...
...Kohn, an editor of Rolling Stone, has spent the past six years studying the Silkwood story. He documents his claims of a vast cover-up that followed the accident and proves beyond any reasonable doubt that many people had reasons for wanting Silkwood silenced. The case was so volatile that a jury awarded the Silkwood family damages of $10.5 million. But should there be a charge of murder? Kohn cannot be sure. Ultimately, he fails to finger a culprit or offer a principal suspect. All he can do is present a detailed and disturbing mystery story...
...freshmen--showed up at the men's tryouts, with a few notable changes from last year's 16-10 squad. LAMARR FLATT--who saw lots of action his freshman year in the 1979-80 season, but who spent last year away from the hardcourt--is back. Senior DAVE KOHN opted not to try out this season, but he was up on the fourth floor anyway, in the unfamiliar garb of a member of the coaching staff. Kohn will help newly hired assistant coach JOE ROGERS with the junior varsity squad. Rogers--who graduated from Boston College last May--joined...