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Opponents say the law will penalize law-abiding citizens trying to protect themselves. But City Supervisor Richard Hongisto points out that handguns were used in self-defense only four times in 1981. The numbers on the other side are more persuasive: more than half of the city's 126 homicides were by handguns...
Croxton and the first source mentioned the name of their supervisor, Stephen W. Homer, the director of scholarships, in connection with discrimination. But neither was willing to give a specific example of racism or sexism other than Croxton's case...
Fairchild Republic had tried several management programs before, but had been unhappy with all of them. The new method of role playing and teaching by example seems to produce the best results. Says Linda Dwyer, supervisor of training and development: "The other programs were too abstract. They were entertaining, like the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, but they didn't get the ball downfield...
High-priority and low-priority Californians alike blasted this modern-day version of Noah's Ark. Proclaimed Los Angeles County Supervisor Ed Edelman: "Preselecting people to be saved is inimical to the American way." But Kingsbury, who was one of the first American soldiers to enter Hiroshima in 1945, is undeterred. "I know it sounds hateful, but after the blast, don't we need all the possible skills and resources available for survival?" he asks. Kingsbury claims that at least his mother agrees with him. "She told me that she is far too old to be evacuated...
...dismayed. Morale had been high, and many Braniff people had been led to believe that the airline just might make it with its slimmed-down route system, put into effect this past spring, and its aggressively discounted fares, offered beginning last fall. Said Steven Suhn, 30, a Braniff reservations supervisor: "We had two yards to go before the goal line." There were worries, too, among older Braniff employees over what would happen to their company pensions. They are protected under a 1974 law that guarantees at least part of their retirement pay if Braniff ends its pension plans...