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Brown guard Rick Lloyd drained a three-pointer to keep the Bears hopes alive, 72-69, at :29. A free throw by guard Jared Leake extended Harvard's lead to 73-69, with a scant...
Union, however, drew first blood. On one of itslone breakaways (the Dutchmen managed a scant sixshots on goal in the first period), senior ForwardDalton Menhall punched in a loose puck in front ofthe Crimson cage to put Union...
...fair, moreover, to punish soldiers even the trial judge acknowledged were "at the end of a long chain of responsibility," while there is scant sign their superiors will be called to account? Only two senior East German officials have gone on trial, both for fraud, and none has gone to jail. The country's former leader, Erich Honecker, fled to Moscow to evade trial, and is living there under diplomatic protection at the Chilean embassy -- while suing the new government to restore his retirement pay. A letter from a West German retiree to one of Heinrich's co-defendants, border...
...lawsuit filed against the state and Clinton personally last July charges that the Arkansas child- welfare system is riddled with abuse and neglect; children placed in foster care have been mistreated, and some have even died. The problems have been festering for at least a decade, but Clinton paid scant attention. Last summer he appointed a task force (quintessential Clinton: his first response to almost any hot problem is to appoint a task force or study commission), and since then he has been working to repair the system. He hopes to reach a settlement before the suit comes to trial...
...even more. Says Garnett Bell: "Some remains could be in the hands of private citizens, but the figure is unknown." Last year a Vietnamese team was sent the length of the country to ask local officials and individuals to turn over any evidence on MIAs. The search yielded a scant 46 boxes, only three of which contained materials relating to MIA cases. A joint U.S.-Vietnamese forensic team is examining the materials...