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...influence than a simple position switch that has sparked Vukonich's scoring surge. After sitting out the Army game for disciplinary reasons, Vukonich moved from his second-line spot at wing back to third-line center. And when Ted Donato was injured the following night, Vukonich moved into a similar spot on Harvard's power play. Since the shakeup, he has scored all five of his goals...
...though, a new drug called deprenyl may represent a turning point in therapy for Parkinson's. Deprenyl's distinction: it actually slows the progress of the illness. In fact, it is the first medication ever to retard a chronic brain disorder. Deprenyl or similar drugs could conceivably lead to advances in the treatment of other neurological diseases, including Alzheimer...
...West German police apprehended 16 suspected terrorists but then released all but two of them in October 1988, after discovering a cache of explosives and a bomb similar to the one used to destroy Flight 103 eight weeks later. Marwan Khreesat, a Jordanian who some authorities believe assembled the Pan Am bomb, was among those set free. Published stories contend that Khreesat was also a German intelligence agent; German authorities deny...
David Lange walked away from New Zealand's top political job on his own terms, abruptly announcing his resignation as Prime Minister last August. Now serving as the country's Attorney General, Lange, 47, evidently thought he could terminate his marriage in similar fashion. Two weeks ago, he issued a statement that he and his wife of 21 years, Naomi, had separated. There would, he said, be no further comment...
...less than subliminal message is that Japan Inc. is buying up America, a point underscored by the ubiquity of headlines portraying Japan -- as distinguished from Japanese individuals or companies -- snapping up American treasures. Similar coverage greeted OPEC in the 1970s, when Arab oil sheiks seemed ready to slap down their petrodollars and pick up America piece by piece. Yet even the most alarmist press scenarios of that era did not envision oil merchants daring to seize the home of the nation's Christmas tree...