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...second-half advantage. But an Allard to Wally Rutecki touchdown pass rekindled. Harvard hopes with 1:38 left in the game. But, the Crimson, which now had, you guessed it, 13 points, had too many men on the field for the two-point conversion attempt. After Harvard wasted a precious timeout to avoid the penalty, the conversion failed...
Justice Department officials, for their part, feel they do not have the manpower to deal with the enormous number of cases the Selective Service has dumped in their laps. The say that the Department is forced to spend precious manpower tracking down names of people who do not exist, are too old for the draft or have already registered. The process is a long one, beginning with warning letters from the Selective Service, more letters from the Justice Department, and a visit from the Federal Bureau of Investigation before any local U.S. attorney can bring criminal proceedings against...
...mere coincidence that Nixon's volume appeared just as the superpowers were squaring off over the downed Korean airliner. Yet the timing reinforces his conviction that we are approaching a momentous period in world affairs. "The situation is precarious," he writes, "but the moment is precious...
...stake is America's most precious asset, its human capital. At stake, too, is simple human dignity. If wolves and bears and birds take meticulous care of their young, why are human beings subjecting theirs to whippings and punches and sexual perversion? Children, with their unrestrained love and unquestioning trust, deserve better. Says Sergeant Dick Ramon, head of the sex-crimes unit of the Seattle police department: "Child abuse is the ultimate crime, the ultimate betrayal." -By Ed Magnuson. Reported by Meg Grant/Los Angeles and James Wilde/New York
...hospital emergency rooms, where precious evidence was often lost through carelessness, techniques have greatly improved. Rape crisis centers send experts to lecture to interns at medical schools. Many hospitals now use evidence kits consisting of envelopes marked for clothing, fibers, hairs, blood and secretions...