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When George Bush outlined his new antidrug strategy last week, he put the stress on bringing home the war on narcotics. Zeroing in on domestic drug consumption, the President's battle plan called for harsher penalties for users and stepped-up law enforcement. In Canton, Ohio, officials have already taken a step in that direction. Last month the city council passed a law making it a crime for anyone to be in any area, including the city's public parks, where drugs or drug paraphernalia are being sold. There was just one problem: people merely passing through a park where...
Although advocates hailed the June 28 ordinance--the first such legislation ever enacted by an American city--as an important step forward, researcher at Harvard and MIT that the council's move would have little on their research...
...selecting Judith Richards Hope, the Corporation answered calls for diversity in the composition of the 339-year-old body, which traditionally has been composed of seven white males. But the appointment of Hope, a Washington lawyer with close ties to the Republican party, can hardly be seen as a step towards diversity of opinion on the homogenous board...
...selection shows] that the University does recognize the importance of equal representation," he says. "I expect it will be seen as an important step to [minority] students...
Sophomore Lenny Ilkhanoff started in Baverstock's place, and freshmen Peter Cochrane and Jason Luzak could step in to shore up the halfback line...