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To illustrate the American emphasis on incarceration rather than prevention. Prothrow-Stith related the story of one teenager convicted of murder and sentenced to 73 years in jail in a city where the government could not fully fund its summer jobs program.
DIED. ARLEIGH BURKE, 94, retired U.S.N. admiral; in Washington. During World War II, Burke's daring command of Destroyer Squadron 23 in the Pacific theater earned him a place in Navy textbooks--and the nickname "31-Knot Burke" for his emphasis on stealthy speed over simple firepower. In postwar Washington...
The new foundation "seeks to counteract this trend, balancing the intensifying business pressures with a renewed emphasis on the academic mission that has kept Harvard and Boston's Beth Israel at the leading edge of medicine," Tosteson and Rabkin said in a statement.
Perkins' is the most viable solution. Making students aware of the "myths and misperceptions" of drinking on their campus enables them to make accurate decisions about how much they actually feel it is right to drink. That does not mean that students will not continue to get drunk, but at...
"[We put our emphasis on] reestablishing what we established in the first four games that we won," Sullivan said. "That was a strong defensive presence and a strong rebounding presence. We really felt if we did that we would score points one way or another. This was a real big...