Word: crimeds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Smuggling smokes is not a victim less crime...
...proudly wear in the twilight of his career. The reasons for this personal view seem incomprehensible, outside of a well-honed arrogance for judicial process. Richard Helms committed perjury, and he did so knowing that his oath to protect the nation's intelligence secrets in no way excused this crime. Anything less than a full accounting of such unconscionable behavior by a high-level administration official amounts to a serious disservice to the American people, who do not deserve to be disappointed once more by episodes smacking of a stonewall...
Reach-Out, as the program is called, is an attempt to do for juvenile crime what Alcoholics Anonymous does for heavy drinking. The inmates' advice lacks the moralistic admonitions of the parents, judges and probation officers ignored by the kids. It is, indeed, an implicit message of the consequences of crime, brought home by those who alone in society are capable of commanding the respect of others who may be headed in the same direction...
Such stories notwithstanding, Reach-Out has no conclusive statistics to show whether it prevents juvenile crime. The program at present lacks the resources to keep tabs on all those who receive counseling and most who do participate hardly end their waywardness immediately. Still, the relationship with an inmate can have an enormous influence on a juvenile. As one youth put it to his counselor in a recent letter...
...Indemnity, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Mildred Pierce) known for stark portrayals of violence and sexual betrayal; of a heart attack; in University Park, Md. After a stint as an essayist for H.L Mencken's American Mercury, Cain moved to Hollywood. Although he failed as a scenarist, his crime stories and novels won critical acclaim for his portrayal of what Cain called "the dreadful, the impious, the shame of God." His adrenal, brooding style influenced later writers, including Albert Camus...