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...same time, Kotowski advises his partner, a recent graduate of the police academy, that an officer cannot "go in like a lion and come out like a lamb...

Author: By Celeste M.K. Yuen, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: On the Beat: | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

Largely a training and services organization, the United Way of America does not raise much money itself. Instead, it is supported by dues of the 2,100 - chapters around the nation that perform the lion's share of the fund raising and giving. The unseemly image of charity officials living high on the hog threatened to dampen future donations and tarnish the squeaky-clean image of the nation's premier nonreligious charity. By the middle of last week, more than 15 chapters -- including some of the nation's largest, those in San Francisco and New York -- had moved to withhold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Resignation Charity Begins At Home | 3/9/1992 | See Source »

...flashing back to 1976. I'm talking about our own junior forward Eric Carter who won my vote this weekend with his "Rim-maiming, lion-taming, Casey-defaming, clinch-the-gaming" slam, the final two of his career-high 17 points in the Crimson's 70-67 victory over the Lions of Columbia...

Author: By Gordon P. Bellamy, | Title: Sullivan Welcomes Newfound Depth | 3/2/1992 | See Source »

...throw together an effective organization. That goes double for fund raising, which has become critical in an era when the winning candidate is often the one who can afford to buy the most TV time. Proportional representation cuts two ways: it could keep a late starter from winning the lion's share of the delegates in California, New Jersey and other states, even though he might well have to do so to prevail. Most important, perhaps, late starters would face the insistent question: If the party needs you because only you can beat George Bush, why didn't you jump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Someone Else Leap In? | 2/24/1992 | See Source »

Junior center Mark Kaufmann has handled the lion's share of the Yale's scoring duties. Kaufmann (14-12-26) is currently third in ECAC scoring...

Author: By Ted G. Rose, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Icemen on the Road Again | 2/7/1992 | See Source »

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