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...like a rape victim's, her character and credibility will be on trial when a jury determines what her father did on the afternoon of Sept. 22, 1969, when Susan, 8, did not return home from playing. Two months later, Susan's decomposed body was discovered near Crystal Springs Reservoir. Did little Eileen Franklin actually see her father murder Susan and repress it for two decades? Could her mind be playing tricks on her -- or worse, could she be getting revenge on the father who once doted on her but abandoned her when she was 14 to go live with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Daddy's Little Girl | 6/4/1990 | See Source »

...year prison term for beating a man to death, Harris and his brother Danny decided to rob a bank in San Diego. Looking first for a getaway car, they spotted two teenage boys parked at a fast-food restaurant. Harris forced the youths to drive to a nearby reservoir, where he shot and killed them. Later, he calmly ate their unfinished hamburgers. Danny testified against his brother and served three years in federal prison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Politics of Life and Death | 4/2/1990 | See Source »

Amid mounting concerns over the quality of Cambridge's water supply, city officials are beginning to criticize the infrastructure of the reservoir system and to question the competence of its management...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Water Problems Spark Concern | 3/13/1990 | See Source »

Like many Afrikaners, De Klerk talks about the "reservoir of goodwill" that still exists between black and white in South Africa. This is more wishful thinking than reality, but if the idea is that the black majority will give him more time, De Klerk is probably right. But how much more time is the question...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cautious Architect of a Cloudy Future | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...city is presently contracting to build a 22-acre roof for the presently uncovered reservoir, in order to reduce the amount of organic matter falling into the system, Abruzese said...

Author: By Arnold E. Franklin, | Title: Contamination Found in Water | 2/1/1990 | See Source »

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