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...officials and students in the crew programs here agree that while accidents do occur from time to time, the likelihood of a similar disaster at Harvard is small...
...with next week's election condensed to a one-on-one battle. Epton's campaign has been marked by the use of ads that overtly seek to stir up fear and hatred at the likelihood of a Black man serving as mayor. One particularly offensive television ad has an ominously becoming voice warning Chicagoans to "Vote for Epton--before it's too rate...
...psychiatrist misdiagnosed Hinckley as having only minor problems and rejected his parents' suggestions that he be institutionalized. They had a dozen sessions in his Evergreen, Colo., office, the final one a month before the shootings. The suit charges that the doctor failed to warn police of "the reasonable likelihood that Hinckley would attempt a political assassination," despite Hinckley's admission that his "mind was on the breaking point." Hinckley, judged innocent by reason of insanity, is confined at a federal mental hospital in Washington...
...original aim of the study begun in 1974 was to analyze the long-term health effects of oral contraceptives, smoking, and hair dyes on women. In 1979 the scientists expanded research to include studies of how day-to-day diet affects the likelihood of chronic disease, particularly cancer...
...maintain the status quo, the Administration will probably have to periodically increase the numbers of U.S. military personnel in El Salvador. The greater American military presence in El Salvador, the greater the likelihood of full-fledged intervention. Such a scenario is frighteningly reminiscent of Vietnam...