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...nightcap, fatigue and the brutally cold weather took their toll on the Crimson, causing many costly errors. The absence of injured starters Nancy Sparrow and Christine did not help either...
...Japan, a nation ripe for exploitation. Cocaine sells there for $85,000 a kilogram, in contrast to $17,000 in Miami. Japanese police, according to a secret Drug Enforcement Administration cable, do not have a simple computer system to store criminal histories, much less one that can analyze telephone toll records or trace money-laundering trails...
...sparked the worst violence and the most serious threat to his authority since pro-democracy forces took to the streets two months ago. As 200,000 demonstrators marched toward the royal palace in Katmandu, the capital, police started firing. Dozens of people were killed, and some witnesses claim the toll was much higher. Opposition leaders vowed to continue seeking a multiparty government and limits on Birendra's sweeping powers...
Furthermore, prosperous Asian-American families are not immune to fragmentation, even among the Koreans, who are perhaps the most entrepreneurial of the new immigrants. Long hours at the store and the office have taken their toll. The all-consuming work ethic has robbed some Korean youths of parental supervision and, by extension, a sense of identity. Says Youngbin Kim, program coordinator for the Korean Youth Center in Los Angeles: "We see a lot of problems with identity and self-esteem. These kids look Korean, but they don't want to be Korean. They only sense that they are Asian...
...fire could have been prevented. After a 1988 social-club fire killed six people, Mayor Edward Koch created ten inspection teams to shut down offending clubs. But budgetary pressure and complacency quickly took their toll, as they seem to with most public services in the city. By the time Happy Land burned, only two inspection teams were left...