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...EXECUTION of Charles Brooks, Jr in a Texas prison last week was handled in a bizarre manner by the mainstream news media. In the New York Times, and on network television news shows, the fact that Brooks was the first American to be executed by lethal injection often sidetracked the press into focusing on the "ethical questions" raised by a doctor's participation in taking Brook's life. A second tangential issue that received prominent play was whether or not pumping deadly chemicals into Brooks was more "humane" than giving him a lethal dose of electricity or forcing...
Bringing the techniques of analysis used by scientists and engineers to the liberal arts has its supporters and critics. Engineering Professor John Truxal, who pioneered an interdisciplinary program at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, calls the introduction of technology "as fundamental as the introduction of economics into college curriculums 50 years ago." Still, now as then, some faculty members decry creeping vocationalism. Some are already worrying about the breakdown of liberal arts into case studies. They fear that students might become technicians rather than thinkers...
...entire $573 million project slated for completion by 1984 involves construction of a subway tunnel from Harvard Square to an area near Alewife Brook Parkway. All construction in the Square including final cosmetic work will be completed in about one year. John A Carey, project manager for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said yesterday...
...fight for Secretary of State, the incumbent Michael J. Connolly, is facing a spirited if not threatening challenge from Jody Dow, a registered nurse from Brook line in her first try at elective office Paul Moran. Dow's campaign manager, said that Connolly has been "ineffective and inefficient" in office...
...Miami, the nation's second largest fast-food restaurant chain (3,500 outlets, $2.3 billion in 1981 sales), launched a provocative $19 million network television ad blitz designed both to grab off a bite of the market from its larger archrival, McDonald's Corp. of Oak Brook, Ill. (1981 sales: $7.6 billion), and to steal a march on third-ranked Wendy's International Inc. of Dublin, Ohio (sales last year: $1.4 billion...