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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Then there is the matter of parole. Four states have done away with it entirely, and in others its use has gone from prudent to stinting. Since 1977, 37 states have passed mandatory sentencing laws for certain crimes, which inflexibly deny judges the right to shorten or suspend sentences...
Although student voters and apparently the Faculty approve of the funded, centralized structure, the "no" voters questioning the new government's legitimacy may shorten the already-small amount of patience students have in the past demonstrated with the performance of their elected representatives...
Harvard led 8-0 after 40 minutes of play, and coach John Dooley, with humanitarian intentions, agreed to shorten the third period by five minutes. The teams traded goals in the abbreviated stanza...
Regional primaries: Though few professors endorse it, most call this oft-heard suggestion a promising possibility. By limiting primaries to four days of the campaign, this regional system would shorten the primary season, reduce the clout of early primaries like New Hampshire's, and give greater hope to potential candidates already holding elective office because less campaigning time presumably would be needed. Unless otherwise amended, though, a system of regional primaries would not increase the influence of party officials--which most analysts see as crucial. Still, the proposal is far more popular than the one-day national primary concept, which...
...western mines, founded the International Workers of the World in 1905, his hope to organize the unskilled, minority and women laborers of the day into One Big Union. The group won its first big victory 20 miles from here in Lawrence in 1912, forcing the mill owners to shorten days and increase wages. A year later, the Wobblies suffered their biggest loss, when the silk manufacturers used police and scabs to maintain their grip. "We didn't include half of what we could have about government attempts to hurt the IWW," producer-director Stewart Bird says. "If we had, people...