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Weld emphasized the importance of tougher and more stringent legislation in fighting against crime. "[The Massachusetts public is] tired of seeing violent criminals coming out of jail and committing more crime," Weld said...
...given the antinomian circumstance that Israel has established as the backdrop for these talks, it is a small wonder that Palestinians will look to Washington with something less that hope. If confidence is to be restored, the Jewish settlers on the West Bank must be held to an equally stringent standard and measures must be taken to assure Palestinian safety. If not, we risk furthering the tragedy of Al-Khalil with the irony of a land that fought for its right to exist--and the ignored the lesson at home. Hassen A. Sayeed...
Winthrop House resident David A. Herne '93-'94 spent one summer working in a fish processing plant in Valdez, on the southern coast. According to Herne, these plants fall into two types. More regulated factories have stringent working hour limitations and offer better pay, but they are more difficult to come by. The summer positions in these plants are often filled by the preceding February...
Even with an educated and productive workforce, it is difficult to sustain an incentive-driven economy with figures like these. Similarly, the perpetual high rates of unemployment in European countries can often be traced to stringent government restrictions on hiring and firing...
...real issue here is, given the extremely stringent requirements for meeting the test, whether in fact any institutions will end up agreeing to participate," Rudenstine said in an interview Monday. "From the liberal arts college point of view, the number that can think about this is small...