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Most nonprofessional killings are impulsive-done in a flash of anger triggered by a minor insult or a quarrel over money, love or sex. Many are committed by people who, Sociologist Stuart Palmer says, "tend to be overconforming most of the time"-which may help to explain their extreme violence when their rebellious impulses finally break out. Often the killer does not intend to kill; in at least 20% of the cases, he is acting in self-defense...
Harvard has been bothered this season by its lack of practice on clay. It's one win was inside, and it has been practicing inside on the hard courts of Palmer Dixon building. However the match this afternoon will be on hard courts--to the Crimson's advantage...
PRINCETON, N.J.--It hadn't been done before in your lifetime, and if Harvard coach Bill McCurdy has his way it won't be done again in his. But Saturday afternoon in Palmer Stadium Princeton avenged 40 years of frustration at the hands of Harvard outdoor track teams with an 89-65 victory that one would have liked to have captured on film. It was that noteworthy, if only in a negative sense...
...cold miserable rain had forced the contest from Princeton's comfortable outdoor courts to their hard surfaces inside and the switch proved to be to Harvard's advantage. The Jadwin surface was fairly similar to the Palmer Dixon courts where the Crimson had been restricted by snow and damp grounds throughout March, and Harvard consequently salvaged a split of the first four singles contests...
...weather should not affect the outcome of this year's match since all of Princeton's courts are now hard surfaces, and Harvard has been practicing on the Palmer-Dixon courts all spring. Today's weather forecast for the Princeton area calls for showers...