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...construction has little to do with prison reform. The reform movement today, in fact, generally favors a moratorium on the building of new prisons. Its reasoning is simple. The only sure thing about an added facility is that it will be filled -and given society's policies, will soon enough become just another hellhole. President Milton Rector of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency even contends that if space is "readily available," the rates of incarceration tend to go up even though serious crime may be declining...
Student members of the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) yesterday proposed a moratorium on holding hourlies and presenting new material during the last week of reading period...
...cloning of human DNA for the purpose of making interferon efficiently and cheaply. These regulations still discourage and delay research on and production of future lifesaving medical products because of unfounded and silly fears of hypothetical and highly unlikely scenarios. It is high time to declare a moratorium on the N.I.H. guidelines...
...Cambridge City Council last night asked the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to agree to a temporary moratorium on property purchases in the Cambridgeport area while city planners study possibilities for commercial development there...
...Georgetown, Kennedy lashed out at Carter's inflation and energy record, supporting what he terms "last resort" moves of gas rationing and wage and price controls. More recently, Kennedy "defined" his position on nuclear power, coming out in favor of a moratorium on new plant construction. To audiences across the state, he proudly displays his own energy plan, which stresses conservation, solar and low-head hydro power...