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Hardy also acknowledges the importance of the short passing game in the enemy's territory. "You must learn the game of give-and-go, of short on-the-ground passing with a minimum of dribbling." Hardy said...
Nixon's proposed changes will make the first conviction for marijuana possession a misdemeanor rather than a felony, eliminate the two-year mandatory minimum sentence, and reduce the penalty to a one-year maximum jail sentence or $5000 fine. Subsequent convictions still will carry a mandatory minimum jail sentence of five years, and a maximum...
...Senate committee is scheduled to receive proposals that, if enacted, would constitute the first comprehensive revision of federal narcotics penalties since 1937. For the first time, distinctions would be drawn between professional criminals, confirmed addicts and casual drug users. Mandatory jail sentences for mere possession of drugs-now a minimum of two years-would be eliminated. The first offense would be downgraded from a felony to a misdemeanor, although possession with intent to sell would remain a felony. For professional pushers, a jail term of at least five years would still be required...
Kirp also said that work is being done with a group of community-organized and community-run schools in Boston to create "a minimum of outside harassment, and a maximum of financial and legal security." Lawsuits, legislation, and other actions are being contemplated...
Unfortunately, the sloppy manner in which the Faculty handled the vote on the anti-war resolution guaranteed that its "public stand" would have the minimum effect. And its defeat of the Mendelsohn resolution on the Vietnam Moratorium was an inexcusable rejection of a relatively non-controversial motion...