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Some sentences should vary, of course, according to the character and prior record of the defendant. The fact that shoplifters usually go to jail if they get caught in Charlotte, N.C., whereas they get probation in Albuquerque, may just reflect different local mores. As New York Criminal Court Judge Harold Rothwax says, "Communities have a right to view crime differently." Mandatory sentences set by the legislature, which several states use for at least some crimes, can be more heavy-handed than evenhanded. Such laws cannot distinguish, for instance, between someone who steals to feed his family and someone who steals...
...appearances, Wediko, a 480-acre forest retreat in central New Hampshire, is like any other summer camp. But it has youngsters like Anthony, 9, who giggles uncontrollably; Alice, 8, who counters the slightest frustrations with tantrums; and Harold, 11, a handsome, charming child of the streets whose smile hides deep currents of anger that can erupt any time...
...Harold, for instance, always turned up in the thick of things whenever trouble began. Aware of this distressing tendency, his buddies prodded him to stop meandering around "like a butterfly...
...Harold agreed to learn self-discipline by paying heed to his math lessons...
...discovery by Pathologists Harold and Ann Dvorak, along with W. Hallowell Churchill of Boston's Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, results from three years of work with guinea pigs. It is based on two vital clues provided by earlier investigators: first, some tumors have nearby deposits of fibrin, the substance of blood clots, which prevents further bleeding after injury; second, tumors are often associated with slight, local hemorrhaging. Using sophisticated microscopy techniques, the Boston researchers began looking at the point where the tumor meets healthy tissue. Explains Harold Dvorak: "That would have to be the battlefield on which they fought...