Description: Paul Simon trudges through blizzard; accuses Richard Gephardt of inconsistent stances, stupid tax bill votes. Simon ice scrapers. Jack Kemp says Pat Robertson distorted his record.Shoveling heavy snow.
Description: Presidential candidate Paul Simon launches negative campaigning against Richard Gephardt to try to gain in the standings before NH primary. Says a weak third place finish would put him out of race.
Description: Implications of increasing "sin taxes" on alcohol and tobacco. Young people smoking. Cigarette purchases. Package store interior, Martignetti's Liquors. Dollars in wallet, cash register.
Description: Merrimack Street rooming house tenants are illegal because of commercial zoning. Interiors: small, dark rooms and stairways. Building code violations. SRO, single room occupancy.
Description: Sister Jeanne Gallo of American Friends Service Committee gives left-wing perspective on the Sandinista defeat in the Nicaraguan presidential election.
Description: Because of budget problems, many state workers will be laid off. Barbara Anderson says workforce is too big. Philip Johnston defends efficiency of social services departments.
Description: Indoor skateboard rink in Cambridge. Teen and younger boys practice maneuvers on ramps, slides, tubes and half-pipes. Caution signs advise on technique and warn about injuries. Boys wear helmets, gloves, elbow and knee pads.
Description: Jack Borden's sky awareness project encourages students to look up, literally and figuratively, to wonder and think. Teachers claim it foster children's curiosity. Blue sky.