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...Longin, vice president of the Association of Governing Boards, says he is even confused about the operational details and effectiveness of Harvard’s bicameral system...
...allow Tutsi civilian militias, armed with machetes and hammers, to "clean up" after the army's operations, killing some women and children and driving the rest into the hills. Hutu rebels, for their part, also target civilians--Tutsi and Hutu moderates alike. Neither side is apologetic. Lieut. Colonel Longin Minani, an army spokesman in the capital, explains the military clean-up operations this way: "If rebels use the population as a screen to protect themselves, am I supposed to fold my hands and do nothing? [Civilian deaths] are unfortunate but unavoidable...
...Detroit hayloft one morning last week, "Floyd's Club" met in special, solemn session. The members, all newsboys, heard one of their younger brothers, Longin Jendzyenski, 11, tell how he had been beaten up by Joe Przystas, 15, another newsboy but not a Floyd's Clubber. With Longin as their guide, a delegation of three members-Stanley Orlenski, 14, Joe Sawicki, 14, and Anthony Mazur, 14-set out for vengeance. They found Joe Przystas at home carrying a scuttle of coal upstairs. Stanley drew a rifle from his trouser leg, fired at the coal scuttle to frighten...