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...illustrate, prisoners usually start with July 22, 1991. At 12:10 a.m. on 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...
...first-year dean and proctors currently socially construct the assignments for first-year dorms. Anyone in the University will admit that their contact with different people was an enlightening experience...
Further, part of having an analytically critical mind implies the ability not only to construct a rational argument, but also to recognize...
...what kinds of subatomic debris come out. Applied scientists, in contrast, have a social goal in mind. They take the knowledge gained from basic science and try to apply it to solving a problem or creating a new technology. They may use their understanding of light waves to construct an optical computer or test a drug to see if it will knock out the AIDS virus...
...middle of this century, community groups insisted on using red brick to construct new or renovate old buildings, and developers saw this as an easy way to gain acceptance of their contracts, said Charles Sullivan, president of the Cambridge Historical Committee...