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...that date, Whitley presided over Louisiana's final execution by electric chair. Later the same day, orders reached the prison metal shop to construct the gurney that would henceforth be used for lethal injections. Two inmate welders balked; then 375 convicts joined their "work buck." Confronted by every warden's worst nightmare -- a prisoner rebellion -- Whitley did the unthinkable: he backed down. He publicly called the idea a bad one and said a private contractor would build the table instead. "He admitted he was wrong," says lifer Patrick DeVille. "Wardens just don't do that...
...Somebody told me that Harvard is kind of abrainwashing session and is moreliberal-oriented," Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.)told the Los Angeles Times...
Intense, rich and beautiful, this ninth album from the Athens college radio quartet is a masterpiece. Guitarist Peter Buck's trademark jangle gets the addition of acoustic strumming, and singer/lyricist Michael Stipe demonstrates a more versatile, more daring vocal performance. Highlights are the gorgeous "Nightswimming," the earnest "Find the River," and the brooding "Drive...
What the current University policy towards race relations lacks is a long-term vision that creatively addresses the problems we face in school and beyond. As long as we keep only building on past programs and structure, and keep passing the buck to other administrators, Harvard will never be able to make real progress in race relations...
...course, the same could be said about Eleanor Roosevelt. But she's got buck teeth. And besides, she's dead...