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...alternatives can be expensive. New Mexico spent nearly $100,000 for its first two dozen electronic shackles, which frequently transmitted false alarms or, worse, failed to signal when an offender had sneaked out the door. In Oklahoma a Justice Department study found that offenders sent to so-called boot camps -- military-style detention camps, complete with harsh drills -- were more likely to land back in jail than ex-cons who served time in regular prisons...
Call it the 24-hour Crimson Undergraduate Experience. If at times it seems like boot camp, don't despair: We're here for four years...
Throughout, Stone kept winding Cruise tighter. "I put a lot of pressure on Tom," he says, "maybe too much. I wanted him to read more, visit more hospitals. I wanted him to spend time in that chair, to really feel it. He went to boot camp twice, and I didn't want his foxhole dug by his cousin. At one point I talked him into injecting himself with a solution that would have totally paralyzed him for two days. Then the insurance company -- the killer of all experience -- said no because there was a slight chance that Tom would have...
...there. Performance on first-class mail delivery was at a five-year low in 1988, and complaints about late mail rose 35% last summer. For the workers, automation, heavier mail loads (especially during the Christmas rush) and outside competition have turned a once cushy job into a form of boot camp in eight-hour shifts...
...night to find that I had been "ordered for induction to the Armed Forces of the United States for service in El Salvador." Having been following developments in the region closely, I had to take a deep breath at the prospect of spending my weekend on the way to boot camp. Although everyone assured me that the notice wasn't real, I still felt compelled to call Senator Kerry's office to make sure--after all, no one wants to take any chances when it comes to the draft. What I found out when I called the senator's office...