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Jewett's impending retirement suggests another wrinkle for conspiracy theorists to latch onto. Incoming Dean Harry R. Lewis '68 favors randomization of the housing lottery process. In fact, he endorsed it as co-chair of a faculty committee that reopened the debate on the housing lottery last fall. Isn't it just possible that the outgoing Jewett made the decision so that the incoming Lewis would not have to anger his students in the first year of his term? It's a classic maxim of The Prince for the ruler to separate himself from the executors of unpopular policies...
...after Kerkorian's bid was made public, the company reported a 37% decline in earnings for the first three months of this year. Chrysler execs blamed high launch costs for its redesigned minivan and the $115 million expense to make free repairs on a faulty rear-door latch on older minivans--as well as a 7.2% decline in sales. Consumer Reports has grumbled about reliability problems on the 1995 Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Dodge Intrepid. And competition is getting tougher in the minivan, pickup and sport-utility fields that made Chrysler's revamped reputation. Though Eaton could still defend...
...Bradley Erwin looked like a healthy baby when he was born last March. He just didn't seem to get the hang of breast-feeding. His mother Kimberly, 38, a medical technician, tried to nurse him. "He would bob his head, root and try to latch on, but he wasn't getting anywhere," she recalls. "Everybody kept saying, 'Don't worry. Don't worry."' It was bad advice. When the infant was 12 days old, his parents rushed him to Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. His breathing was shallow; his eyes had rolled back. "I was frantic because...
...shirtbox-size bombs, delivered by mail or private courier, were packaged in brown cardboard and wrapped with tape. Several bore the return address of an iron-and-metal company in Pennsylvania. In each was a fishing-tackle box. When the latch was opened, it connected an electrical circuit and set off several pounds of dynamite surrounded by shrapnel. One bomb killed Eleanor Fowler, 56, in West Valley, near Buffalo. Another was opened by her husband Robert, 38, at his job in an armored-car garage in nearby Cheektowaga; it killed him and a co-worker. A third blew up Lazore...
...door was locked. So I pulled out my revolver and knocked. When I heard the click of the latch, I rammed the door with my left shoulder and pushed cold steel into the guy's face...