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Once upon a time, in the days of kings and serfs, when justice was swift and arbitrary, the French prison system was the pride and fear of the world. But things have changed dramatically since the heyday of the Bastille. No longer can you find French prisoners stuffed away into dungeons in the bowels of weighty edifices. Even the French penal colonies of last century have withered away to nothing. The French prison has been in decay for years, and despite the embarrassment of recent days, there is no reason to think that French prisons will improve...

Author: By Jonathan P. Abel, | Title: Porous Prisons | 3/20/2003 | See Source »

...expectations are farther than where we got last year. That’s something we take pride in as the leadership of the team...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: STRIKING TWICE | 3/20/2003 | See Source »

...said Avi’s father Bernard Steinberg, who is the director of Hillel. “They want to feel that they are not abandoning a country that is under siege. It is obviously a source of anxiety for me, but it is a source of pride that he is making a decision to stay where he is right...

Author: By Ella A. Hoffman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: War Arrives With Many Students Abroad | 3/20/2003 | See Source »

...Nation On Edge," and it has been since 9/11. We have all had to readjust our thinking and must continue to do so as long as there are depraved terrorists who can give meaning to their lives only by becoming martyrs through killing other human beings. Where is our pride? Where is our stamina? We are Americans. We will overcome. We will do whatever is required to end terrorist activities. Get some guts, people. JANET L. DUTTER Las Vegas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 17, 2003 | 3/17/2003 | See Source »

...Pride is driving a group of people who think this is a world that is theirs to take,” Sacks said...

Author: By Margaretta E. Homsey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: On Eve of Vote, Professors Question War | 3/17/2003 | See Source »

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