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This conclusion is supported by a study of Massachusetts' stringent 1975 gun law, which imposes a mandatory one-year jail term for carrying an unlicensed gun. Says Sociologist Glenn Pierce of Northeastern University in Massachusetts: "The level of criminal activity has not declined, but the character of the crime seems to have been affected. There are fewer gun-related offenses, and as a result it appears the offenses committed are less deadly." Homicides declined 55% during a two-year period, as shown by a study launched shortly before the bill became law. When those opposed to gun control proclaim...
Despite the enormity of the task facing him when he returns from his one-year leave, Verba said. "I have not been closely in contact with Rosovsky because of my leave, but I am looking forward with eager expectation to the end of my leave...
Similar trials of recombinant DNA-produced human growth hormones received FDA approval and began in February at Stanford Medical School. This protein, with its potential for curing dwarfism and possibly fractured bones, will first be tested for safety in 20-day trials on adult volunteers and then in a one-year study of effectiveness that will follow...
Former Reds and Actors second baseman and two-time National League MVP Joe Morgan signed a one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants...
...attempt to boost sagging attendance, the Student Assembly unofficially voted last night in favor of moving the starting date of its one-year membership terms from February to September...