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...beginning in 1982, the U.S. economic recovery has been something of a big, boisterous back-to-work bash. The growth binge has provided more than 4 million new jobs. But one group, minority teenagers, has found the door to the party all but slammed in its face. The chronic inability of these young people to get jobs, even during a boom time, has become one of the most painful and persistent economic problems facing the U.S. Says Robert Coard, executive director of Action for Boston Community Development: "This syndrome is having a terrible impact on the morale of the minority...
First, Crimson All-Ivy middle hitter Jon Ross was sidelined for the season by a chronic back injury. He was replaced by Richard Tyson, but the freshman unexpectedly left school for personal reasons after the first semester, before any--matches were played...
...many veterans, however, acceptance has not been enough. About 5% of those who served in Viet Nam, according to the estimate, still suffer from post- traumatic-stress syndrome, a chronic form of what once was known as battle fatigue. The peculiarities of combat in Viet Nam made them especially vulnerable--never knowing who the enemy was, living in almost constant fear of attack in the bush...
Long sentences, however, can make a difference where chronic offenders are involved. A Justice Department study of male convicts who entered state prisons in 1979 shows that 61% of them had been jailed before and that nearly half of these repeaters committed new crimes shortly after their release --crimes that would have been impossible if they had served their full sentences. A recent study of 1,672 convicts released on probation in California was equally disturbing: fully 1,087 of them were arrested on new charges after being freed...
...design changes imposed by the Navy. But Veliotis says that most of the changes were requested by the company and that gross mismanagement was the real culprit. When he took over Electric Boat in 1977, he found the shipyard to be plagued by poor supervision, sluggish productivity and chronic absenteeism...