Word: bonanzas
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Enforcement Bonanza. No other Governor has commuted a death sentence for 18 months, though such action was once common. Historically, better than half of the death penalties imposed by American courts have been commuted. But as no one for the moment is in danger of being executed, Governors have felt less pressure to use their privilege. At the same time, the commuting of prison terms has remained a little-publicized but common practice, used almost as routinely as paroles to reduce sentences. Commutation is, of course, not the equivalent of a pardon; the 15 Arkansas convicts are still under life...
...more than three years, says Amsterdam, "the logjam of those on death row is now so severe that even Governors with a so-called law-and-order attitude may find it in the interest of their states to commute. The funds thus released would buy a bonanza in more effective law enforcement." After Arkansas' innovation, the nation's death-row population in state and federal prisons is now down...
...maybe the Law School will triple its scholarship program. Then alumni may make chaste suggestions for a Barrett obelisk or a Cavilleri mummy. Why, if he has not done so already, John Dunlop could turn over the Yard to Hollywood Rents and really cash in on the Love Story bonanza-Harvards' biggest impact on the public imagination since the glass flowers...
Much of the blame rests with the hotel owners, who saw a bonanza coming and were quick to cash in on it. Charging by the head rather than by the room and packing as many as 13 people into an apartment, they were able to get as much as five times the normal rental per room. If an owner was unscrupulous enough he could push up his profits by cutting down on or eliminating such services as maids, linens, hot water and other simple maintenance. Most welfare residents hesitate to complain for fear of eviction...
Many other Italian towns have also reaped a bonanza from the piety of pilgrims. Isola del Gran Sasso is an island of noisy prosperity in the depressed area of the Abruzzi Mountains because of the shrine of San Gabriele dell' Ad-dolorato, who is revered for his patience and submission to the will of superiors. On the saint's feast day, Feb, 21, the piazza in front of the shrine rings with the din of jukeboxes and shooting galleries and the cries of vendors selling rosaries and cold beer. Some 300,000 pilgrims yearly visit the shrine...