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They write letters, call voters, transcribe speeches and hold signs at rallies, known in the trade as “visibilities,” putting themselves in the thick of one of the tightest gubernatorial races in the country...
Amid what administrators characterizered as the tightest security ever to guard a dignitary’s visit to Harvard, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said yesterday that his country will continue to combat Islamic extremism and support President Bush’s global coalition against international terrorism...
Your article on the Georgia crematory that failed to cremate hundreds of bodies [NATION, March 4] seemed to call for increased government regulation. The story shoots down its own argument, however, when it points out a similar case "in California, which has some of the tightest controls in the industry." If more government regulation is the answer, why hasn't it worked? Yes, it's horrible that things like this happen. But government can't solve every problem, and increased government power will not prevent tragedies like these. MICHAEL GEARY San Jose, Calif...
...might be easier to process this tale if there had never been any other like it, if this were just an inexplicable aberration. But in California, which has some of the tightest controls in the country, a Lake Elsinore funeral-home and crematory owner was arrested two weeks ago for allegedly dismembering dozens of bodies he was supposed to have cremated or buried and selling them to unwitting science labs. (His lawyer denies any wrongdoing.) Last December in Florida, several cemeteries were sued for allegedly crushing vaults to make room for others and for stashing bodies in nearby woods...
...third game, 9-2, but Austin, not to be outdone, held Witcher scoreless in the fourth, setting up the climactic final game. In front of a throng of anxious teammates and fans packed sardine-style outside the court, Austin ultimately prevailed, 10-9, in the afternoon’s tightest match...