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...gangs also rob, assault and occasionally kill nonmembers, almost at will. Clifford Smiley, 14, who was once attacked and beaten by four gang members for no apparent reason, is resigned to life in a battle zone. Like most residents, he does not venture outside after dark, even to visit someone in a neighboring building. Says he: "If you can't talk to your friend on the telephone, you can't talk to him at all." Last summer during a card game in an open-air hallway, Terri Burch, 17, was shot in the leg by a sniper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chicago's Cabrini-Green: 2 Brs, Inexp, W Vu of Roaches | 4/6/1981 | See Source »

...affiliate in Columbus, Georgia, this summer. He would probably be at the AAA level in most other organizations, but the pitching-rich Astros have a full staff at their Pacific Coast League club in Tucson...After a year with Geneva of the New York-Pennsylvania league. Chicago Cubs farmhand ROB ALEVIZOS, last year's top Harvard pitcher, has reportedly decided to pack it in and end his baseball career. "He recognized his limitations." Crimson coach Alex Nahigian said, discussing possible reasons for Alevizos' decisions. The Newton native is learning his father's real estate business...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stenhouse Out Six Weeks; Felske Set to Go | 4/4/1981 | See Source »

Criminologists agree that drugs contribute heavily to violent crime; some claim that nearly half of all street crimes are drug related. Drug users either rob and mug to get money to support their habit, or lash out irrationally under the influence of their narcotics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Curse of Violent Crime | 3/23/1981 | See Source »

...drove away from a supermarket, a man jumped into her car and tried to rob her. She sprayed Mace at him, whereupon he shot her twice and fled. No arrest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Week's Murder Victims | 3/23/1981 | See Source »

...cleats and report to baseball coach Alex Nahigian. The sophomore was one of Harvard's most effective pitchers last season (6-5, 4.30), and along with sophomores GREG BROWN and BILL DOYLE and juniors JIM CURTIN and JOHN SORICH, he will be counted on to replace graduated stars ROB ALEVIZOS (7-0, 2.13) and ROB STEWART (3-3, 4.40). Larson started the current hockey season on Kevin Hampe's junior varsity squad, but was promoted to the big club after a strong performance during winter vacation. His varsity action will make him the first hockey-baseball letterman since Hampe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Rest For Larson; St. Louis Grabs Honors | 3/7/1981 | See Source »

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