Word: dented
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...prison populations, those have more than doubled in the past 15 years. Most criminologists believe that a relatively small population of repeat felons is responsible for a disproportionate share of crime. Lock away the most energetic thieves and killers, and you make a serious dent in their business. "Most prisoners are violent or repeat offenders," says William Bennett, the former Secretary of Education and drug czar. "Prisons do cut crime." Last week Bennett's Council on Crime in America, a commission he co-heads with Griffin Bell, who was Attorney General under Jimmy Carter, issued a report warning that violent...
GUCCI Tough new restrictions on D.C. lobbyists may put a serious dent in loafer sales
...News president plans to launch a 24-hour news channel early in 1997 that its president, Roone Arledge, today claimed would be an alternative, rather than a challenger, to CNN. "It will be very difficult for ABC to put a dent in CNN's penetration because CNN has been around for so long," says senior media writer Richard Zoglin. "The fact that they have more than 200 affiliate stations will give them a leg up with local coverage, but the head start that Turner has may be insurmountable." ABC will seek to distribute the all-news programming using both cable...
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Such incremental steps do not please everyone in the antiabortion movement. The more restive among them point out that none of these moves is likely to make much of a dent in the 1.5 million abortions that occur annually in this country. But Douglas Johnson of the National Right to Life Committee, the nation's largest anti-abortion group, insists that even small victories are worthwhile. "We are out not just to make a statement but to make a difference," he said. Not surprisingly, Kate Michelman of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League sees these relatively small steps...