Word: costa
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Worries about the economy are on the verge of putting some California suburbs -- and probably the state -- out of Bush's reach. In 1988 Dukakis won high-growth Contra Costa County, across the bay from San Francisco, with a 3- point margin. Mary Wilson, who manages the Bush campaign in the state, says ; the county is a "good snapshot of California" because it includes "pockets of Republicans, minorities, suburban yuppies, growth industries, agriculture and blue-collar jobs." Wilson notes that Republican candidates typically run 6 to 7 points ahead of Republican registration, which is around 45%. But while both Bush...
...committee is expected to present a recommendation to the Corporation after the first week of August, University spokesperson Peter Costa said...
Harvard spokesperson Peter Costa says the need-blind policy will continue indefinitely...
...inmates and between inmates and officers decreased. Prisoners no longer controlled the jails. Some state prisons, wary of exposing guards directly to inmates, modified the design, positioning guards as observers in secure booths. The results were less successful: inmates, still isolated, remained in control. In 1981 California's Contra Costa County jail was the first county jail to take down all the barriers between prisoners and officers. Exercise rooms, traditional furnishings -- even an open booking area without cells -- were added. The changes relieved stress, reduced stereotypical behavior by both inmates and officers, and vastly reduced violence and vandalism. Corrections officials...
According to Costa, the program may also bringa blimp to Cambridge to take aerial shots of thecity and the University...