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With the omnibus crime bill that just squeezed through Congress, the Federal Government made its partial gesture toward a solution. Under the new law, it's a crime for juveniles to possess a handgun or for any adult to transfer one to them except in certain supervised situations. It also provides for programs -- like those that keep schools open later -- intended to discourage kids from finding trouble...
...betray. His sense of propriety is typified by his willingness to trail Brando's daughter Cheyenne as she leaves her psychiatric clinic, corner her on a park bench and record without qualification her accusations about her father's role in the murder of her lover in 1990. Driven to possess another man's life, Manso becomes the literary version of one of the late 20th century's scariest specimens, the celebrity stalker...
...decade or more after first being infected with the virus. A possible clue to their good fortune lies in the high levels of white blood cells, called CD-8 cells, whose job is to turn down the immune system before it careers out of control. Perhaps these people possess just the right balance between an overly aggressive immune system that produces more virus particles and a dangerously passive one that cannot resist infections...
...wealthy extended family than an old-fashioned labor-management confrontation. The owners -- who include such tycoons as broadcaster Ted Turner (Atlanta Braves) and home-video king Wayne Huizenga (Florida Marlins), along with such FORTUNE 500 businesses as the Tribune Co. (Chicago Cubs) and Anheuser-Busch (St. Louis Cardinals) -- possess the most coveted playthings in America: major league sports franchises. The players, backed by the most successful union in history, have grown rich beyond the wildest dreams of Joe DiMaggio and Willie Mays. More than 100 players make over $3 million a season; the average salary is just over $1 million...
Rudenstine did list some characteristics hethinks a new dean must possess...