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...Well, that was the way it was supposed to go for Louisiana's juvenile-prison system. But it didn't work out, and now even some Republicans, the champions of privatization, are backing away from the idea. "The profit motive works well in some places," says Republican Governor Mike Foster. "I don't think it works well in prisons...
...case of Jena helps explain why Foster has come to this conclusion. A month after the Justice Department sued Louisiana in 1998 for inadequate care of its jailed youth, a privately owned juvenile-detention facility opened there. Here was the state's chance to prove it could run a prison right, even if it meant contracting with an outside company--the Florida-based Wackenhut Corrections Corp. Instead a Justice Department investigation of Jena prompted the state to transfer all the inmates out of there last...
...learned in 1986 about a machine that could "read" genes by shining lasers on their dyed letters (A, T, C and G, the four nitrogenous bases--adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine--that spell out the genome's "words"), he immediately flew west to meet its builder, Michael Hunkapiller, in Foster City, Calif. Though NIH wouldn't pay for a prototype, he got one anyway...
...change that because it's popular or politically correct. I just don't see how we can welcome gays into the church in the face of that." But as these portraits from the left-to-moderate wing of the discussion indicate, the issue is so divisive that it can foster bitterness and, at the very least, soul searching, even among those of apparently like mind...
...standout play as the defensive anchor, Larson was unanimously selected as Ivy League Player of the Year. Foster joined Larson on the All-Ivy First Team, while Corkery and Gunther earned Second Team honors. Gunther was also named the league's Rookie of the Year...