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...prisoner's sentence can be so excessive, considering the crime committed, that it violates the Eighth Amendment's ban on "cruel and unusual punishments." Jerry Helm, 36, was convicted in 1979 in South Dakota of passing a bad check for $100. The crime ordinarily carries a maximum sentence of five years and a fine of $5,000. But Helm had six prior felony convictions (three for burglary, one for grand larceny, one for obtaining money under false pretenses and one for drunk driving), so he was sentenced under a repeat-offender statute. The judge imposed the maximum punishment...
...most sophisticated facility is its Maximum Containment Laboratory, which handles highly lethal diseases that have no known antidotes. Workers, all of whom are volunteers, must punch in a code to open the outer shell of the lab; after a trip through a chemical-shower chamber, they must provide another personal number to gain access to the pressurized inner sanctum. There the scientists wear seamless blue space suits, equipped with their own air filtration systems, to work with some of the world's most lethal microbes, including those that cause Lassa fever and Ebola virus, two maladies that produce severe internal...
Nevertheless, optimism is tempered by knowledge that the struggle against disease never ends. Of the deadly African Ebola virus, Foege says: "What keeps it from spreading here? I don't know." Thus research work on Ebola at Atlanta's Maximum Containment Lab goes on. Another potential threat is a subviral particle that combines with the hepatitis-B virus to cause more severe infections and liver cancer. Discovered in 1977, this so-called Delta agent is starting to show up in high-risk groups, including some of the same ones who develop AIDS. Even the victory over smallpox permits no complacency...
...addition, the U.S. is calling for other constraints on large missiles carrying four to ten warheads. The Soviets would have to dismantle 578 of their 788 missiles in this category. The U.S. deploys only smaller missiles with a maximum of three warheads...
...competing in a whole series of markets," emphasizes University Treasurer George Putnam '49 So the Corporation considers Boston area wages for a given position and the salaries of similar workers at comparable universities, in addition to the University's overall financial condition. Ultimately the board settles on average and maximum rates of salary increase for given positions, Putnam says. For 1982-1983, those average rates hovered between 8 and 8.5 percent, differing relatively little across positions Putnam says That rate will probably stay the same for next year's raises, officials predict...