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...Mario Moretti netted dozens of guerrillas as well. The police drew up psychological profiles of Red Brigades members that explored their revolutionary ardor and probable reaction to the prospect of life imprisonment, and then zeroed in on those who seemed likely to turn informant in exchange for a lighter sentence. The tactic worked, and the confessions snowballed. The mood of the country also changed, for the Moro and Dozier incidents, combined with the spree of violence, cost the terrorists what little sympathy they enjoyed among Italians. Perhaps as a result, terrorist attacks in Italy have decreased' from a high...
...lady." This declaration sounds less than ringing. Moreover, it was testimony from her husband Tommy, who had checked into the motel with her, that helped convict Doris Ann. Yet she seems to bear him no grudge. He is in a different Maryland prison, where he is serving a lighter sentence for theft and obstruction of justice, and she corresponds with him regularly. She has 35 other pen pals, including some Indians on death rows elsewhere...
...American and Delta, like the new plane's low operating costs. Narrower than the mammoth 747, the 767 carries 210 passengers and is versatile enough to be used for 1,000-mile flights, as well as transcontinental routes. Thanks to new engines and wings, and the use of lighter composite materials, United says that the 767 is 30% to 54% more fuel efficient than the older planes it replaces. Boeing claims that airlines can save up to $2.5 million annually for every 767 they...
...McGee. 17, was crippled by an officer in a pizza parlor when he reached into his pocket for a cigarette lighter. The officer later said he had fired because he thought McGee was taking out a gun to hold up the parlor. City Attorney William A. Swisher refused to prosecute the policeman because, in his view, there had been "no criminal intent." Demonstrations followed the decision...
When Officer Torsney shot Randy Evans point-blank, he cannot possibly have seen Evans for what he was--a 15-year-old asking a question. When Ja-Wan McGee reached for his cigarette lighter, he had no way of knowing a nearby cop would "see" a holdup. Patrolman Kevin Durkin slipped into a waking nightmare, and two men suddenly found themselves cast as Puerto Rican terrorists...