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...summer when a convicted burglar burst through the back door and demanded money. The intruder, 6 ft. 4 in. and 220 lbs., viciously beat the two women before fleeing. Police captured him a short time later. Thanks to clogged conditions in many urban courts, suspects in felony cases often relax on the street for a year or more and eventually extract a light, plea-bargained sentence from beleaguered prosecutors. But only 61 days after the Boston assault, the intruder had been tried, convicted of five felonies and sent off to the maximum-security prison at Walpole, Mass...
...early goal seemed to make the Bruins relax and Colorado took control, being foiled only by a brilliant Gerry Cheevers save on a power-play attempt and then by a post that kept the puck out when Cheevers lay sprawled...
...nights later in Atlanta, Lead Singer Johnny Rotten opened the first concert on their first tour of the U.S. by announcing: "You can all stop staring at us and just relax and have some fun." Sure enough, the Pistols' American debut was a tame, almost respectable happening. Johnny did not throw empty beer bottles at the audience. All he did was blow his nose a lot. Guitarist Steve Jones did not vomit, though in the past he has proved he has the stomach for it. Nor did Bassist Sid Vicious sputter forth more than a few four-letter words...
...those who find slicing and dicing both sensual and exciting, my kitchen is available. For myself, I'll go relax in the bath while the baby is crying and the dog is barking and get ready for a romantic candlelight dinner...
...selling more to it. Strauss wants the Japanese to abolish quotas on agricultural goods and lower tariffs on myriad manufactured products. Says he: "Right now we're getting the worst of it on computers, calculators, film, citrus fruits, meat, certain textiles." He also wants the Japanese to relax or abolish specification and inspection requirements used to keep out foreign goods. Says Strauss: "To get in there, you have to have 119.3% voltage or something like that-something that just isn't made anywhere but in their country...