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Another apparent example of sloppy procedures nearly led to the death of an Eastern Express pilot last week. Pilot Henry Dempsey and Co-Pilot Paul Boucher took off in a Beechcraft 99 commuter plane from Portland, Me., without any passengers -- and seemingly without the rear door securely fastened. When Dempsey went back to close it, the plane ran into turbulence, and he was tossed against the door. Hinged at the bottom, it swung down, and Dempsey fell forward with it. He clung to the door, head down, with only his legs inside the aircraft...
...Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne wears a crimson A as punishment for adultery. In Portland, Ore., Richard Bateman may wear a similar badge of shame when released from jail in two months. At his sentencing in May, Judge Dorothy M. Baker knew that he was unlikely to spend a long time behind bars in the overcrowded prison system, despite his history of molesting young children. So she ordered that for four years after his release, Bateman, 47, must post signs on his home and on both sides of any vehicle he drives that read, in letters at least three inches high...
Bill Honig, California's superintendent of public instruction, concurs. "We need to have that cultural understanding," he says. "There should be agreement -- whether in Portland, Ore., or Portland, Me. -- that you're going to learn something about freedom and justice." And John Silber, iconoclastic president of Boston University, declares that "Bloom and Hirsch are on the best-seller list because people around the country are just starving for this...
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...percentage is relatively small compared to the claims." Unfortunately for the victims, doctors have few treatments to offer. Stress reduction or sleeping pills may provide some relief. For now, says Gidget Faubion, who runs a 9,000-member support group for the afflicted that is based in Portland, Ore., most sufferers must learn to accept the severity of their condition. Says she: "If you don't change your attitude, you're going to make a suicide call to me within six months...