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...Soviet Union's seat. Germany and Japan have been pressing for permanent membership, and there have been calls for a European Community seat. British Prime Minister JOHN MAJOR wants neither to expand the membership nor to dilute Britain's influence by adding the E.C. vote. Major's solution: lock up Yeltsin's claim to a seat for Russia as quickly as possible...
That case has crystallized the fears of law-enforcement officials that one generation, already hopelessly inured to violence, may be handing down its bloodthirsty values to the young. The lock-'em-up approach to law enforcement exemplified by tough mandatory-sentencing laws adopted by the federal and most state governments over the past decade has not slowed the mayhem. In fact, some experts believe it may actually strengthen the violent code of behavior that prevails among many urban teenage males. "It is now a rite of passage that you must go to prison on at least a misdemeanor," says Jerome...
...Wolverines' wondrous wide receiver is considered a virtual lock to win college football's most prestigious award, which will be announced during a 30-minute NBC show from the Downtown Athletic Club...
...Keith Richards. In fact, Slash of Guns N' Roses is the guitar man here. Once again Michael proves to be the grand master at pulling together all sorts of styles -- dance, rock, rap -- into a seamless whole. He may be reluctant to show his face -- only his eyes, a lock of hair and a tiny image of the child star of the Jackson 5 appear in the album art -- but he is fearless about his feelings. Every one of these 14 songs is out front and unashamed, whether in the soulful snap of In the Closet or the smoothly streetwise...
...Bears and the Crimson lock horns tonight and then again on Saturday night at Bright Center in a home-and-home series that will go a long way to shaping this year's Ivy League race...