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...hard play and harder fighting did not deter the Crimson from dominating the Polar Bears, because, as defenseman Carl Martignetti said, "Our best efforts seem to be the most physical...
...Says Thompson: "It's time to put to rest the notion that prisons are for rehabilitation. When they can accomplish that end, it is good. But the primary purpose of prison is to separate criminals from the rest of us and to punish them so as to deter other people from similar behavior...
Fisher himself admits that the chances of a single message to a government official producing a substantive policy change is small. But this does not deter him. "Some people say, 'But that idea will never work,'" he says. "I'm an optimist. If I have one chance in 100 of changing history, that's good odds...
...deter a mounting stream of commercial vehicles and sightseers heading toward the hardest hit areas. Dukakis ordered a crackdown on unauthorized vehicles, including penalties of up to $500 or a year in jail...
Yale's Varsity football coach Albert P. Bruno said yesterday, "The only thing we're concerned with right now is the football game." He added, "We have no feelings about the strike. It'd be a shame if it did anything to deter from a traditional game like this...