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...peacefully integrated its schools and public facilities in the 1960s, but as soon as Hines was indicted in June, racial tension began rising. Demonstrators from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference appeared in front of the city hall and put up tents on the grass. Hines' arrest was "a setup," said the Rev. R.B. Cotton-reader, a leader of the S.C.L.C. "Decatur was being pressed for an arrest and conviction for those rapes." Then came the Ku Klux Klan, which set up its own tents. On Aug. 14 it burned a cross before the civic center...
Smith and Jones (real names, the police insist) face numerous charges, most aimed at Smith. Free on bail and awaiting trial, Smith, who claims that it is all a setup, is working on a manuscript about single life and leisure-time activities. If convicted, he could have lots of time for firsthand research...
...sports at Harvard are hard to figure. On the one hand, Harvard maintains a well-funded, high-powered athletic machine that supports a major intercollegiate program, as well as a healthy intramural setup. But on the other hand, well, it is Ha-h-h-h-v-a-a-d, for God's sake. Half the people at this University think the single-wing offense has something to do with table manners at Kentucky Fried Chicken...
...most firms are becoming more understanding, and some are willing to make special arrangements. After Jo Anne Kaiser, 28, a former Bonwit Teller buyer, refused to leave her new home in Orlando, Fla., for a headquarters job in Miami, Burdine's, a big department-store chain, agreed to a setup by which she spends only two days a week in Miami and goes to New York on buying trips every six weeks. Says Celanese's Wall: "A lot of guys refuse one move, but if you refuse two in a row, that's bad. And if you refuse three...
...Crimson's 1978 resume tells the answer. The 12th-ranked squad, following a 1-2 start, came alive in its last three games to score 63 goals while holding the opposition to 15. Scalise has the offense--which alternates between a 1-4-1 setup and a rotating 2-2-2 system--working like...