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They were out to quell the disturbance, but ended up attacking people with a surprising amount of indiscretion. Journalists and ordinary residents were gassed along with those who were breaking into stores. One storekeeper was mauled by police dogs, and another was badly beaten with billyclubs. A 17-year-old named Alonso Singleton was shot eight times while trying to break into a food warehouse (police say he had a gun.) The officer who killed Singleton has stacked up 24 citizens' complaints filed against him in the last 10 years. There may be more, when someone asks why he reloaded...
...giant food-scare spreads through Harvard, as the sudden deaths of seven freshman are blamed on tainted Halibut Cheese Casserole in the Union. Seeking to quell the crisis, University officials announce the introduction of a new "Halibut-lock" on portions of the dish, and offer tuition discounts to those who brave it. But some officials privately speculate that the real culprits are Bulgarian terrorists. Asked about the crisis, Presidential candidate John Glenn, on a campaign swing through Cambridge, calls for "research and development, of course...
...between the A.E.C. and the growing nuclear power industry. Necessary safeguards were often dismissed because of the additional cost to contractors, and a tremendous amount of attention was played to solving the problem of liability in the case of an accident at a nuclear plant, in order to quell the industry's growing concern about potential lawsuits, the A.E.C. pushed Congress to pass the historic Price-Anderson Act of 1957, which absolved the manufacturers and operators of nuclear power plants from liability and all but eliminated the right of those injured in a nuclear accident to sue for damages...
Stubborn to the point of being inane backers of the Garden State bill have produced a new justification for their scheme a minute of silence may quell the disorder that has recently plagued many classrooms. In other words. 60 seconds of practice each day will train youngsters to remain ungetie straight through gometry period and the 3:00 pm belt. If true, why not ban all noise until lunch time. Or forbid the pint-sized calteria muggers and pre-pubsecent drug pushers from even speaking while on school property. This ought to whip the little troublemakers into shape. Meanwhile religious...
...despite 14% unemployment, the highest since the 1930s, Labor has been too preoccupied with factional squabbling to gain in the polls. Late surveys show Labor 13 percentage points behind the Conservatives and only three points ahead of the S.D.P.-Liberal alliance. Though Foot may finally have begun to quell opposition inside his party, there may not be enough time left before a general election to subdue the opposition outside...