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This lack of oversight juxtaposes a high number of abuses over the years, many of which have been forgotten. In 1994, 29-year-old Anthony Báez was strangled by an NYPD officer after refusing to leave the street in front of his home where he was playing football with his little brother. In June 2007, Michael Tarif and Evelyn Warren, human rights attorneys, were themselves assaulted when they attempted to help a young black man who was being beaten by the cops. Oscar Grant’s murder is part of a long history that calls far higher...
...some of the mergers were necessitated by a lack of federal and state reimbursement, Bailey said. He cited CHA’s Whidden Hospital in Everett, Mass., which will reduce its number of inpatient psychiatric beds from eight to five...
...School professorship bear his name. “It is obviously a profound tribute to Professor Tribe who has been an absolute mainstay of the constitutional law curriculum,” Fallon said. “He’s a scholar who has been the inspiration for a number of faculty over the years.” —Staff writer Elias J. Groll can be reached at egroll@fas.harvard.edu...
...scores can be affected by such factors as schooling, intensive test preparation, and socioeconomic background. We have long been aware that the test-taking experience of students may be affected by their financial and educational resources. In particular, we recognize that students from modest economic backgrounds have a limited number of fee waivers for tests and may not be able to take them as many times as affluent students. We also know that research clearly indicates that score increases are generally modest after two test sittings. We will continue to review each applicant carefully with all these factors in mind...
Some regulators and industry leaders believe this is an oversimplification. As the FAA's Gilligan points out, a number of EMS programs that fly beefy, dual-pilot helicopters with sophisticated safety technologies have crashed, while other programs flying small, single-pilot helicopters with nothing more advanced than radio altimeters have perfect safety records. "When we introduce new technology, we want to solve the problem," Gilligan says. "But we have to be very careful not to introduce new risks...