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...process of demonization reached meltdown five years ago when Charles Stuart, a white furrier from a Boston suburb, claimed that a black stranger had leaped into his car as he and his wife were returning from a natural- childbirth class, forced them to drive to a remote location, then robbed and shot them both, killing her. It was Stuart, of course, who had murdered his pregnant wife, then shot himself to make his story unassailable. Stuart would eventually be unmasked and take his own life, but not before Boston police had bought the lies, rounding up scores of black...
...after nearly two-thirds of California voters passed the controversial anti-illegal immigration Proposition 187, a state judge threw a monkey wrench into the works. In San Francisco, Superior Court Judge Stuart Pollak issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of 187's provision that bars illegal immigrants from public schools. The judge said 187 conflicts with a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring states to provide a public education to all residents. State Attorney General Dan Lungren vowed to fight the judge all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. As-yet unchallenged: Prop 187 provisions...
...economics of photovoltaic energy may soon receive a boost from the work of Martin Green and Stuart Wenham, researchers at the Center for Photovoltaic Devices and Systems at the University of New South Wales in Australia. The two scientists recently unveiled a design for PV cells that has the potential to reduce the cost of photovoltaic electricity 80% -- to levels competitive with conventional power production. Paul Basore, who oversees research on . photovoltaics at the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, predicts that within 20 years, homeowners and small businesses everywhere but in the gloomiest climates will find it most economical...
...from clear that he will win back enough voters by Election Day. Loyal Democrats in the district are demoralized. If the election were held today, even Foley's advisers admit that he stands a good chance of being washed away in the national anti-insider tide. Says Seattle pollster Stuart Elway: "People in the Fifth District have the loudest voice in America if they want to see some changes in Congress, or to send a message to Congress." True enough, admits a Foley campaign strategist, but he warns: "It would be the most expensive telegram they've ever sent...
Sophomore Stuart Swenson should re-enter the lineup once his bone bruise heals. And junior Brian Adams is ready to play up front...