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...cases involves a high school senior in Dallas, Texas, which he calls the "corporal punishment capital of the nation," where from November 1971 to May 1972 "there had been reported applications of physical punishment to 24,305 children." The Dallas senior "had a good academic record, an A in conduct all the way through high school, and the kind of self-discipline that enabled him to hold down a job while going to school so that he could pay for his own car," but he parked his car in the wrong place at school and was to receive a punishment...
City Councilor Saundra Graham asked that the police department conduct a study determining the type of people who should be arrested. "I don't want to hear about kids being busted who aren't doing anything," Graham said...
...Audrey Rose's daddy, played so well by Anthony Hopkins that he rivets you with purely expository passages. He recounts his grieving conversion to belief in reincarnation, and an inspirational trip to India. If Ivy's parents will allow him to help, he is convinced he can conduct Audrey Rose safely over to the other side and free the living child of these fits. Mom (Marsha Mason) is tempted; Dad (John Beck) will have none...
...Charles Warren Center has an endowment totalling about $5 million making its endowment more than three times as large as any other center at the University that does not conduct work in the natural sciences. Most research centers at the University are funded by yearly grants and gifts from University and external sources, and have no endowments whatsoever...
...decriminalization provides, focusing on key legislators who have opposed the bill in the past. The nationally famous trial lawyer placed a priority on convincing opposition figures that support of HR-4914 would not bring defeat at re-election time. To prove his point, Oteri drew upon NORML monies to conduct a poll of Flaherty's own district in South Boston to gauge the extent of popular support for decriminalization in a reputedly conservative district. Harvard Business School students undertook the task of actually surveying these constituents and the 73 per cent figure in favor of decriminalization has produced a predictable...