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College administrators vehemently reject that accusation. Increasing tuition charges, they say, merely reflect their own increasing expenses. In particular, they cite soaring costs for building construction and maintenance; salary-inflating battles to woo and keep top-flight faculty members, especially in science and business; and the dizzying price of keeping up with technology, ranging from computerized card catalogs to the latest in lab paraphernalia. Hardware and faculty often go hand in hand: when Duke lured physicist John Madey away from Stanford, it promised to build a lab for his free-electron laser research. Cost: $5 million...
...truism to say that rape is an act of violence, not of sex. But experts insist that sexual gratification is a factor in attacks by adolescents. The teen years are ones of intense sexual stirrings and strong aggressive impulses. And many youths are simply socially inept and unable to woo female affection. Frustrated, they take what they want...
...closing days of his 1987 electoral campaign, South Korean President Roh Tae Woo made a surprising pledge. If he won the country's first free elections in nearly two decades, the handpicked successor to ex-General Chun Doo Hwan promised to submit his administration to an interim vote of confidence -- giving wary voters, in essence, a chance to change their mind. But last week, citing the danger of "social chaos," Roh broke his campaign promise and indefinitely postponed the long-awaited referendum...
...raid. But hidden inside a stack of small rubber tires was an astonishing 820 lbs. of the narcotic, with an estimated street value of nearly $1 billion. It was the biggest heroin bust ever in the U.S. Some 40 people, including the ring's suspected kingpin, Kok Leung Woo, 71, were arrested in New York and more than half a dozen cities around the world...
...Korea. Given Kim Il Sung's desire to unify Korea under his own brutal leadership, progress may be impossible until he passes from the scene. But even Kim, a pure Stalinist, has shown a willingness to open more lines of communication with Seoul, and South Korean President Roh Tae Woo himself predicts a North-South summit soon...