Word: rowing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years of age, nor does it automatically prohibit death sentences for the retarded. "By executing the retarded and people who aren't old enough to vote or serve in & the Army," said Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, "we're doing something barbarous: executing the least culpable people on death row...
...Death-row inmates fared no better than drug dealers and racketeers. By a 5- to-4 vote, the Justices held that states do not have to provide free attorneys to such criminals seeking to challenge their convictions after losing their initial direct appeals. Observed law professor Franklin Zimring of the University of California, Berkeley: "The problem of sufficient due process when it comes to the death penalty is insoluble. You either finance the endless relitigation of these cases, or you discriminate against the poor." Two other major capital-punishment decisions are expected this week, along with the anxiously awaited ruling...
Bernstein, who was elected Captain of the heavies for next year, will be returning to row for Parker along with fellow junior Sharis. Sophomores Evans and Metz will also be returning to anchor the Crimson...
Wimbledon begins next week, a tougher stop for a baseliner, though Bjorn Borg contrived to win five in a row that patient way, and Chang has that kind of dream. "I want to be the No. 1 player in the world and have all the best shots in tennis: serve, volley, base line, drop shot, you name it. I try to set my goals as high as I can." If he inspires Asians, Chang will be pleased. "It helped Sweden when Borg came along and made such a big impact. I'm hoping it will also happen in Asia...
...three weekends in a row, a million people, almost 20% of the population, have poured into the crowded streets to show solidarity with the students in Beijing. What began as a display of support soon became an affirmation of Hong Kong's own desires for democracy and self-rule. Then the violent suppression ^ in Tiananmen Square woke Hong Kong to the fear that the fate of the students could...