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Third District (7/4): Ginny Allan (D), Leonard H. Golder (D), Garrett J. Barry (D), Howard I. Goldstein (D), John W. Costello (D), Ruth E. Nemzoff (D), Marilyn Petitto Devaney (D), Francis Thomas "Frank" Talty (D), John Henry DeJong...
...nothing about the dangers that lurk just outside. "You can have a perfect program on campus, but if you don't do anything about the liquor store across the street that sells to minors or the bar that serves intoxicated students, you haven't solved the problem," says William DeJong, a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health. The most important area for schools to focus on now, he says, is working with the larger community to ensure that students cannot abuse alcohol at private homes and bars...
...Justice Department has refused to accept the report's key findings. Defenders of DARE question R.T.I.'s analysis of data, saying fifth- and sixth- graders rarely use drugs and were therefore the wrong sample to study. "It was too strong a statement," says William DeJong, a lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health, who evaluated DARE in 1985. "It was a provocative conclusion not warranted by the study." R.T.I., however, stands by its conclusions, adding that it looked at fifth- and sixth-graders exactly because that has been DARE's target group. Said R.T.I. researcher Susan Ennett: "Unless there...
...DeJong victory, if it comes, will be tough.At Bulgers spacious campaign headquarters on EastEighth Street, South Boston, volunteers, many ofthem union members, make canvass phone calls longinto the night. And even on Newbury St., manypeople's faces take on a blank look when the nameDeJong--or Bulger, for that matter--is mentionedto them. One man asked about Bulger replied,"didn't he play the scarecrow in `The Wizard ofOz...
...DeJong, however, believes that many of thepeople who are outwardly supporting Bulger, whohave Bulger bumper stickers and Bulger signs, willcome out and vote for him. "They're decenthardworking people. They deserve a better statesenator than Billy Bulger," DeJong says.. Right: Senate President William Bulger'sdays of pomp and glory may be drawing to aclose...