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Charles Jackson, another ex-con, added that Halfway houses are not the answer because "the inmate still isn't cured. No one ever asks why he did what...
Jackson said that the ex-con is more afraid of society than society is of him. Many ex-cons prefer to go back to prison in order to avoid making choices they would otherwise face there, he added...
...Con Edison's capacities. The widely heralded quadraphonic sound, which feeds four channels through separate speakers, is now a commercial reality, both in terms of recording techniques and home playing equipment. Experiments in tapes and cassettes are proceeding apace. The latest innovation: a video cassette that will show a live performance even as the music is being played. At the same time, more and more TV outlets are booking pop-record stars, opening up further possibilities for intermedia promotion; both ABC and NBC are experimenting with late-night programs featuring rock groups...
Sources close to the controversy indicated that three of the four descendants of Ernest G. Stillman '08, who bequeathed the land, strongly opposed the committee's recommendation that "Harvard take no active steps to attempt to prevent construction...such as refusing to sell Con Ed the 240 acres of Black Rock" it needs for the plant...
...despite the issues of breach of trust and despite the detailed analysis of potential environmental disasters, the committee concludes that Harvard should take no active steps to prevent Con Ed from buying its land. The contradiction is as incredible as it is blatant...