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CHANGE FOR THE BETTER doesn't come quickly: It look the Allies five long years to defeat the Nazis. Senator Joe McCarthy lasted almost as long before getting the boot. Vietnam dragged on--and on--for a decade. And the Watergate crowd clung gamely to the reins of control until they were ousted three years after the investigation of their activities began. But in some places, the concept of even grudging positive change doesn't seem to exist...
University Police Sgt Larry Fennelly said yesterday that security guards in the Yard will mark illegally parked bikes with a tag warning the owner that the bike will be immobilized with Harvard's answer to the "Denver Boot" -an additional padlock if the offense is repeated...
...slowly descended the ladder. Having reached the bottom rung, he lowered himself into the bowl-shaped footpad of Eagle, the spindly lunar module of Apollo 11. Then he extended his left foot, cautiously, tentatively, as if testing water in a pool. That groping foot, encased in a heavy multilayered boot (size 9½B), would remain indelible in the minds of millions who watched it on TV, and a symbol of man's determination to step-and forever keep stepping-toward the unknown...
...Crimson scores early this could be a laugher. But this year's gridders have never been behind, and your never know what will happen the first time they have to play catch-up, in the unlikely event that Harvard does fall behind, Jim Villanueva's experienced, and powerful, boot might be the deciding factor. Dr. J. did go to UMass, a factor that refuses to be forgotten. Still, it's hard to picture a UMass, victory...
...longer. A 1981 state law transferred to cities and towns direct authority over collecting fines for parking violations. With that, Boston computerized its collection operation, bought 10,000 parking meters, hired 95 traffic officers and began using a wheel-locking device known as the Denver boot to immobilize cars with five or more unpaid tickets. In the past fiscal year, Boston took in $22 million in fines and $4 million in meter revenue, quadrupling the take before 1981. The ticket collection rate soared to 70%. "If we hadn't taken these steps," says Vitagliano, "we could have a gridlock...