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...finance, Juliet, with child. Claudio's sister, Isabella, pleads in vain for her brother's life. Angelo in return displays a lack of pity which proves all the more hidcous when his own unbridled lust is uncovered. In the end, Christian mercy and the "natural order" of life prevail over the "artificial" systems of government or morals...

Author: By Frances T. Ruml, | Title: Too Measured | 12/6/1983 | See Source »

...feel defeated, but the ultimate battle is not with PUC," she said. "It's with the attitudes that prevail throughout the community that condone pornography." --The Daily Pennsylvanian

Author: By Peter R. Eccles, | Title: X-Rated Penn | 10/29/1983 | See Source »

...other candidate offers the broad and balanced experience of Mondale. He has served in state government as attorney general and as U.S. Senator and Vice President. While he did not always prevail in the private councils of the Carter Administration, his was the most active vice presidency in history...

Author: By Patrick F. Lucey, | Title: Support Mondale | 10/21/1983 | See Source »

...idea is a simple one: Put a good team against a not-so-good team and the former should prevail. The Harvard men's soccer team got this idea yesterday, drubbing MIT, $-1, at the Engineer's Steinbrenner Field...

Author: By Joseph Garcia, | Title: Crimson Booters Rout MIT With Five-Goal Performance | 9/15/1983 | See Source »

...rationality did not prevail. At 2:12 p.m. (3:12 in the morning in Japan), a Soviet pilot told his ground station that he was close enough to see the Korean airliner. Three minutes later, Captain Chun, apparently unaware of his hostile company, routinely asked air controllers in Tokyo, who had taken over supervision of the flight from Anchorage, for permission to climb to 35,000 ft. Permission was given...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Atrocity In the Skies: KAL Flight 007 Shot Down by the Soviets | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

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