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...have fulfilled two of Governor James' dearest campaign promises: saving money (inmates, when chained, require fewer guards) and getting tough with criminals. Fortunately, today's crews do not have to wear the heavy ankle irons that used to cause "shackle poison" (the new, handcuff-like shackles are made of lighter metals). Nor, in theory, will the men have to endure the overwork, beatings and disease that led to death rates as high as 45% among "classic" chain gangs. Still, working on a '90s-style gang is no picnic: inmates will be toiling through 12-hour workdays in the hot Alabama...
...Unabomber could easily strike again, more than once, before this happens -- and he suggests the attacks could become more devastating. "We expect," he writes, "we will be able to pack deadly bombs into ever smaller, lighter and more harmless looking packages. On the other hand, we believe we will be able to make bombs much bigger than any we've made before. With a briefcase-full or a suitcase-full of explosives we should be able to blow out the walls of substantial buildings...
...Sciences Christoph Wolff, one of the strongest defenders of Harvard's current policy on the Ph.D., contends that giving the power to award the degree to the professional schools would undermine interfaculty cooperation and increase competition for star professors, who will be attracted to the higher salaries and lighter workloads of the wealthier graduate schools...
...added that as a young girl, she had always seen pictures of her Black father's family, but never saw any of her mother's lighter-skinned relatives...
...larger course offerings in each topic would also improve other areas of the Core. It would decrease the number of students in each class and lighten the teaching load for professors and graduate students. The lighter load would mean a better education in the class for students...