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...quite amusing, and the skillful makeup job of Rosetta Lee makes his protrayal even more convincing. His handling of the standard mistaken-identity plot is cute if short-lived, and quickens the otherwise leisurely pace a bit; the play, especially in the first couple of scenes, does tend to lag due to some awkward staging...

Author: By Diane E. Levitan, | Title: High-Toned Streets of Philadelphia | 5/5/1994 | See Source »

...People in the class aren't necessarily in theclass because they're interested, so discussioncan tend to lag," says Mark H. Baskin '95, ahistory major...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Milder, | Title: Core Structure Often Fails Undergrads | 4/19/1994 | See Source »

...There is a lag time, but it still reveals thatfor something like this to happen in December1992, the same year of the L.A. uprising, the sameyear of the 'Harvard Plantation,' the same yearwhen you had members of the police affirming totreat students equally...it just surprises me thatthey would still act in this fashion in thatcontext...

Author: By Marios V. Broustas, | Title: Black Students Criticize Harvard Police | 4/14/1994 | See Source »

...There is often a lag between a new officer and the understanding of policing at a university," Epps said. Our attitude is to help the students...

Author: By Robin J. Stamm, | Title: Epps Bids to Ease Cop-Student Tension | 3/24/1994 | See Source »

Corrections officials know there are no quick fixes. But they -- like many inmates -- argue that the prison system would function more effectively if justice were served more swiftly, sentences imposed more reliably and space allocated more rationally. The lag of months, sometimes years, between the crime and the punishment is counterproductive. Says Marcus Felson, a sociology professor at the University of Southern California: "((An electric)) plug that shocks you a year later or once in a thousand times isn't going to deter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Crime: America's Overcrowded Prisons | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

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