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...Would it have been better simply to lock her up? In my heart, I felt it was compassionate. She was flunking parenting. She needed help. She needed to take care of the child she was bearing and to complete the conditions of her probation. I thought if there was less stress on her, if she did not have still another child right away, that she might be able to do all these things. I kept her in the community. I sentenced her to 365 days in the county jail, and parenting classes and mental-health counseling. I thought it would...
...insurance adviser to the NCCS, "no one wants to sell you health or life insurance." The situation is so grim that many doctors advise their patients who have coverage through their employer (or their spouse's employer) to never, ever change jobs. This leads to predicaments known as "job lock" or "marriage lock...
...film urged students to use campus emergency phones if they or others are in danger of harm. It also encouraged students to lock their rooms and their bikes at all times...
...good to be reminded of certain things,"said Jeffrey H. Chou '95. "I will be more carefulwalking around at night and I will lock my doormore often...
...bonus" rules under which, for instance, Michael Dukakis in 1988 won 66% of Florida's delegates with only 41% of the state's primary votes. All primaries this year will be conducted under a system of rough proportional representation. That decreases the chances that any candidate can lock up a majority of delegates early...