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...Olsen continually indicates, suffering is the operative word in the lives of almost everyone in "Son." Without prurience, he adds up the aftermath of Coe's vicious spree: years later, some of his victims cannot stand to be touched, a few are frigid, and all are afflicted by violent dreams. Monahan's marriage ended in divorce. Said her husband: "We'd had a good marriage, and after that we just started to go apart." Alone, she slept in a closet. To her, "night smells different from day. Night smells like rape...
...lines for less frustrating subways and buses. The mounting energy crisis also spurred the Federal Government to provide up to 50% of transit systems' operating costs. Until then, money had been available only for capital and planning assistance. One result of this increased federal largesse was an investment spree in capital-intensive projects such as subways and electrified rail. There were some less benign results: fares well under the actual cost of service, leading inevitably to big operating deficits, and growing dependence on Washington for mass-transit support. In 1975, the first fiscal year in which operating subsidies were...
Things got just a little exciting with 3:45 to go as the Crimson trimmed Dartmouth's advantage to only six points. But from that moment, Harvard became a little too eager, allowing Dartmouth to enjoy a spree of foul shots. When the Crimson found itself down by 15 with just under two minutes remaining, the game became academic...
...potential for lawlessness and violence simmers just below the surface. Earlier this month, a small band of young men terrorized families living on the main residential road in St. George's for three nights in a row. Says Jamaican Educator Beverly Steele, whose home was attacked during the spree: "This is the aftermath of a breakdown in law-and-order...
Unlike the serial murderer, the mass murderer, as criminologists define him, confines his spree to one general area and strikes over a relatively short period of time. A prime alleged example: Angelo Buono Jr., the so-called Hillside Strangler, who stands accused in the deaths of ten young women during the Los Angeles winter of 1977-78. Last week he was found innocent of one murder but guilty of two others. The second guilty verdict, returned on Saturday, could subject Buono to California's death penalty. -By Alessandra Stanley. Reported by David S. Jackson/Houston, with other bureaus