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Steadily, malignantly, the ugly stain of war spread over the leaden South Atlantic last week. Sophisticated missiles streaked across the waves, while less visible but no less deadly computer-assisted torpedoes coursed through the icy waters. Before the week was over, each side had lost a proud warship to these lethal new engines of destruction. For the first time, the military forces of Britain and Argentina had mauled each other on the high seas in the bizarre battle for possession of the remote, inhospitable Falkland Islands. Then, as if stunned by the enormity of their actions, the adversaries momentarily drew...
...hunting licenses," said the New Jersey Democrat. He quoted the Lord's Prayer ("Lead us not into temptation") and volunteered that "God Almighty had something to do with all of this." And then he resigned. "I leave in good spirits, good heart and strong resolve. I feel no stain. I've been strengthened...
...wide acceptance. Scrutiny of the size, shape and distribution of blood spatters tells much about the location and position of a person Involved in a crime and thus may dispute a defendant's version of what happened. Blood that travels at an angle, for example, leaves an elliptical stain. Consultant Herbert Leon MacDonell, 53, of Corning, N.Y., the leading expert, is now sought out in more than 100 homicide cases a year. At the trial of Jean Harris last year he tried to persuade the jury-unsuccessfully-that blood marks jibed with Harris' claim that the shooting...
...Justice Department does not. The fact that Allen cannot get along with Haig or run his department well is one thing. It is quite another if he is illegally accepting money. By using the Japanese incident as the reason for a possible Allen departure, Allen's enemies will stain not just his reputation as a political player, but his name, his family and his integrity as well. In light of the Justice Department's conclusions so far, that is something that not even Richard Allen deserves...
...learned that a student had committed suicide two weeks before in Stillman infirmary, and that the administration was taking great pains to keep it quiet, I wonder now how many suicides the University has hidden--and why? Is the issue of mental health an embarrassment--do suicide attempts stain fair Harvard's reputation...