Word: saws
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...according to Conklin. "There is a tendency, perhaps for ideological reasons, not to want to see the connection," he says. Incarceration is to crime what amputation is to gangrene - it can work, but a humane physician would rather find a way to prevent wounds and cure infections before the saw is necessary. Prison is expensive, demoralizing and deadening. "Increased sentencing in some communities has removed entire generations of young men" from some minority communities, says San Francisco police chief George Gascón. "Has that been a factor in lowering crime? I think it probably has. I think it also probably...
...high-crime hell of the 1980s and early '90s was a period of chaos in the illegal drug trade. Powder cocaine was generally measured and sold in multiple-dose amounts behind locked doors, but crack was relatively cheap and highly portable. Upstart young dealers saw an opening and shouldered their way into a business long dominated by established kingpins. Trading valuable drugs for ready cash in plain sight was a recipe for robbery and intimidation. Dealers armed themselves for protection, and soon every teenage squabble in crack territory carried a risk that bullets would...
...body armor, up-armored vehicles and reliable radios. In those moments, he bonded with them through his own personal military experiences--as a Marine who fought in the Vietnam War--and cared for them like a father. I'll never forget the sparkle in Jack's eye when he saw a wounded warrior proudly standing by his bed in a Pittsburgh Steelers jersey, saluting the visiting Congressman...
...speed of a smaller player” said Brian Schulz ’01, a broadcaster for U.S. College Hockey Online who first saw Ruggiero play during her freshman year...
Raised in Brookline, Mass., Weinstein remembers being “star-struck” by talented Olympians as well as Wayne Gretzky, a former National Hockey League player, whom he saw sitting at a table near...