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...similar information overload happens every time a big news story breaks. For hours, radio and television repeat what they know ("for those who tuned in late") and raise unanswered questions about the rest; they are joined later by newspapers and magazines. They are all doing their competitive best, and much is quickly learned by the newsgatherers, but oh, the surfeit of words...
...against a totally unconventional movement. The Aquino campaign, long on enthusiasm and short on organization, sometimes resembled a political Woodstock. As Aquino and her vice-presidential nominee, Salvador ("Doy") Laurel, crisscrossed 68 provinces, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos from all walks of life swarmed to hear the presidential challenger repeat a simple talk. At each stop, Aquino related the alleged suffering her family had endured at the hands of the Marcos government, culminating in her husband's 1983 assassination. She capped each speech with a slogan: "Sobra na, tama na, palitan na!" (Too much, enough, let's change...
...trial, Shcharansky said, "For more than 2,000 years, my people have been dispersed. Wherever Jews were, they would repeat every year, 'Next year in Jerusalem!' At present I am as far as ever from my people and from Avital. To them I can only say, 'Next year in Jerusalem.' " Eight years later, after enduring the afflictions of a latter-day Job, he may be close to Jerusalem at last...
...icemen are also looking to prevent a repeat of the shenanigans that marred the first Cornell-Harvard game. After the Red had fallen hopelessly behind, one of its captains, defenseman Mike Schafer, fired a puck at Crimson Coach Bill Cleary as he stood behind the Harvard bench...
Northeastern (18-12-1 overall) saw its hopes to repeat as Beanpot champions shattered last week with an 8-5 loss to Boston University in the tournament's opening match...