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...tremendous support before the Klaas case, but ((since Davis was captured)) our 800 number has got so many calls we blew out the voice-mail systems." (Not everybody is signing up, however. State assemblyman John Burton notes, "I don't think it's a good idea to load up the wagon with criminals that are felons . . . but who are not grave threats to individual safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robbing the Innocents | 12/27/1993 | See Source »

...always, talk about gun control in any form is enough to make the N.R.A. load its ammunition. "They can talk taxes and gun bans all day, but it won't get us further down the road to stopping violent crime," complains N.R.A. executive vice president Wayne LaPierre. "I say, go ahead, pass your taxes, pass more gun bans, and we'll see you at the polls in '94." But even some less biased observers wonder whether most kinds of gun control may not do more harm than good. Gary Kleck, a professor at Florida State University, is author of Point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Beyond the Brady Bill | 12/20/1993 | See Source »

...Last year, we went out a lot of times thinking that Tyler [Rullman '93] had to get 20 [points], but we weren't playing as a team. This year, we know that if one guy doesn't shoulder the load all the time, someone else will," one player said...

Author: By Peter K. Han, | Title: Cardiac Cagers Making Progress | 12/17/1993 | See Source »

Simply put, the last two versions of the Crimson have not been interesting. This one is. Without burly forward Ron Mitchell '92 or deadeye swingman Tyler Rullman '93 to carry the scoring load, Coach Frank Sullivan has no one left who can be relief upon to put the ball in the hoop. No one has the touch, the ability to create his own shot and expect it to fall...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: Electricity in the Air | 11/30/1993 | See Source »

...three men to do that job.) This time, though, she will play a key role: installing the Hubble's corrective lenses. They will be housed in a 600-lb. box the size of a telephone booth, but in the weightlessness of space, Thornton should be able to manage the load. Explains Susan Rainwater, a spacewalk trainer at the Johnson Center: "The fact that a smaller woman was selected just demonstrates that the task requires more agility than physical strength. It's fingertip forces. It's 90% mental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NASA's Do-Or-Die Mission | 11/29/1993 | See Source »

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