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When I asked a black kid who had recently moved from Riverside to North Cambridge what the Bureau had done for him, he paused for a long time, shook his head, and finally said, "The Bureau never did nothing for me. They tried--they said--but I can't think of anything. They're not even hiring the kind of people the kids want. I used to hear them talking about all the cars being stolen in North Cambridge but they never send anybody down to help stop it. They're not offering any alternatives...
Harrison shrugged his shoulders, shook his head and grinned as he concluded the interview...
...into a near frenzy at a giant pre-game pep rally, the Notre Dame fans were crying for blood. Instead, the Bruins, nicknamed the "Slaughterhouse Five," cleanly and expertly dissected the unranked Fighting Irish. Led by Center Bill Walton, a 6-ft. 11-in. behemoth under the boards, U.C.L.A. shook off an early case of the jitters and coasted to an 82-63 victory. Afterward, the game ball was carried off for enshrinement in the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. The pressure off, Wooden and his charges returned to their quest for an even more remarkable record...
...infant in Manhattan's Harlem Hospital was smaller than most newborn babies, and his cry was unusually shrill and high-pitched. Within several days after birth, his tormented wails became incessant. His sweating body shook and twitched. Occasionally he vomited. If his condition had gone undiagnosed and untreated, the baby might have suffered a convulsion, which could have been fatal, or have died a slower death by dehydration. But the signs have become all too familiar to inner-city doctors. The child's mother was a narcotics addict, and he was suffering withdrawal from the "habit" forced upon...
...miles away. Taking advantage of a special half-day (from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.) rate of $24.95 for up to six TV viewers per room, the fans at the Marriott whooped it up. "We could tell when the game ended," says Assistant Manager Miquel Torres. "The whole place shook...