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...Hyman's campaign posters reads: "Rob, last year as chair of the grants process and this year as Presi- dent of the New UC, has ensured the financial accountability of the Council...
...terms of legislation passed on the council floor, they don't go anywhere after they leave. This puts a dent in our credibility with the students," said bill sponsor Eric M. Nelson '99. "And the administration questions our credibility because we do not have the students behind...
...that the Mexican government is finally getting serious about cracking down on the drug trafficking in the country. It's playing rather differently here in Mexico, where many people think that this was forced on the Mexican government by the Americans. I don't think the arrest will dent the drug trade, however. Abrego's Gulf Cartel is essentially a family-run operation, and it is likely that one of his relatives will just step in and keep the operation going." The 51-year-old drug kingpin is said to run a $2 billion-a-year drug business, which also...
...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