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...planes have been barred since shortly after the 1991 war's end, the number of missions flown by British and American warplanes has jumped sharply in recent months. Pilots are flying four missions a week, and they've expanded their target list from Iraqi air defenses that actually lock on to their jets to all surface-to-air installations, threatening or not. They're also hitting military headquarters and surface-to-surface missile systems...
...legislators don't seem inclined to change. Governor Gray Davis supports the current law, and state Attorney General Bill Lockyer says it it works. "The voters of California want to lock away habitual offenders who preyed on citizens time and time again," says a spokeswoman for the Attorney General's office...
Members and non-members alike have been barred from the finals club since its graduate board—the group of alums who control the Spee’s property—had the front door lock changed two weeks...
...Spee members said they were nonetheless confused by the lock-down of 76 Mt. Auburn. They said the party was not significantly larger than other parties held by finals clubs or by the Spee in the past. And they said they did not know why the alums had chosen to close the club at this time...
...initial lock-out prompted a flurry of messages on “speemail,” the e-mail discussion forum for club members. One angry member went so far as to propose that all members resign from the club in protest—a suggestion that was quickly dismissed by the rest of the club, two Spee members said...