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...episode was the most violent hijacking in Soviet aviation history, though by no means the first. Since 1970,14 cases of air piracy have been reported in the Soviet Union. In 1973, after a rash of hijack attempts, authorities declared that plane seizures resulting in loss of life were punishable by death. Neither that penalty nor the rigorous security checks to be found at every Soviet airport were sufficient to deter the Georgian wedding party. Alarmed Soviet officials launched a high-level investigation into the case. No mention of the event appeared in the Soviet national press...
...University has the perfect opportunity right now to change its position on the final clubs: it has begun a review of its relationship to outside student organizations, prompted by a recent rash of injuries at a Pi Eta club initiation. Harvard has no excuse not to sever all its ties to the clubs with decisiveness and haste...
...Crimson's 5-1 victory yesterday at the University of New Hampshire left it with a 9-5 overall slate. But the booters fell short of their two goals: an Ivy title and an NCAA tournament berth. Favored to cop the league crown in 1983, Harvard suffered a rash of injuries that left it celebrating only the prospect of a fresh start next year...
...short run, the Administration must be resolute and maintain a strong U.S. presence in Lebanon without taking to the offensive. Whoever is responsible for this bestiality was trying to provoke a rash American response--either drawing the Marines into battle or forcing them to pull out. Whatever our role in Lebanon, we cannot change it merely as a response to one horrifying incident...
Harvard officials said last week that a recent rash of false alarms in some House has encouraged a lax attitude among both students and the Cambridge Fire Department, despite an overall decrease in the number of false alarms since last year...