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...time the rioting subsided, one looter had been killed, 22 people had been wounded, and property damage was estimated at $1 million. Police arrested 385, mostly for looting. The toll was modest, compared with the 18 killed, 400 wounded and $100 million in devastation wrought by the Miami riots of 1980. But like the '80 melee and conflagrations in '82 and '84, last week's upheaval brought into sharp focus the tensions that have grown for nearly three decades between native-born blacks and new arrivals from Cuba, Haiti and now Nicaragua...
...debate among Israelis over the role of the I.D.F. in quelling the rebellion. In the Knesset, Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin came under withering fire from opposition parties on both the right and left. Hard-liners charged the army was not doing enough. Doves attacked Rabin for the mounting death toll. "This policy is not only killing Palestinians but also the souls of Israeli soldiers," said Yossi Sarid of the left-wing Citizen's Rights Movement. Hecklers finally drove Rabin from the parliamentary chamber...
...think [the layoff] will definitely take its toll," senior defenseman Josh Caplan said. "It's been tough for everyone to keep their legs and to keep the lines and defensive pairs in sync...
...most disturbing news in the 679-page report was the assertion that smoking has exacted a heavier toll in death and disease than had previously been thought. Among the findings...
...Surgeon General' s latestc report says tobacco has taken an even higher toll in death and disease than was forecast. -- A treatment for osteoporosis uses an old dental ally: sodium fluoride...