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...informal Crimson survey of 15 local and Ivy League colleges found that 11 have prohibited underage drinking and two are considering adopting stricter alcohol regulations...
Earlier this month, the commission decided to not to grant any new liquor licenses in Harvard Square, Central Square, and the strip along Massachusetts Avenue which connects the two areas. Community groups lobbied extensively to obtain such a ban, believing that stricter controls over liquor-serving establishments are needed...
When the eleven prisoners were being delivered to the U.S. courthouse in Seattle, the security was stricter than at any other time in memory. Parking was prohibited in all areas nearby. More than 30 deputy marshals imported from around the nation stood on duty with shotguns and rifles. In addition to the metal detector that is normally in use at the building's main entrance, a second magnetometer was installed to screen all who entered the courtroom. As one final precaution, officials bolted down the chairs to be occupied by the prisoners and their lawyers. Overkill? Said Chief Deputy Robert...
...show of force. "He didn't get angry or violent," Stammer recalled. "He didn't seem like a fanatic Nazi. I think he was a cold scientist." Still, the Stammers did find that their guest was imperious with servants, and he often urged the couple to be stricter with their two sons...
...moment the only solution seems to be stricter enforcement. That has become a primary goal of the Reagan Administration, despite its repu- tation of being cozy with Big Business. In 1983 the Justice Department set up the Economic Crime Council, made up of top law-enforcement officials, to "target, identify, prosecute and convict" people who commit financial crimes. The result has been a shift in priorities for Government crime busters. In 1970 only 8% of the criminal cases pursued by federal authorities involved white- collar offenses, but that figure rose to 24% in 1984. The Justice Department brought 20 cases...