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...Corrections Corporation of America to build and operate two 500-bed prisons, a suggestion that has been shelved by skeptical legislators. Before recessing last week, however, the legislature made some progress on an omnibus reform bill that would help depopulate the state's prisons of less dangerous criminals. One tactic: parole hearings would be scheduled for convicts who had served 95% of the time needed for eligibility. The necessary qualifying time for parole would continue to be lowered until the federally mandated limit of 7,019 prisoners was reached. Some progress has already been made. As of last week...
...bishops forget about the social and economic justice and focus only on abortion. This is not a good public policy tactic," Seegers told a crowd of about 30 people...
...after seeing the candidate who carried their standard trounced by a well-packaged Reagan, the chairmen have come around to Hart's point-of-view. They apparently see his tactic--simply evoking a nostalgic sense of the past--as the weapon of choice in the political battles of the future, rather than an outright fight against Reaganite principles...
Diller is already turning around the financial fortunes of the Fox studio, which lost $85 million in fiscal 1984. One tactic: laying off 300 of the studio's 1,500 employees. Murdoch notes with satisfaction that "Barry has cut a lot of spending, and there's a lot more to cut." Diller is a tough negotiator who gets lower-than-usual prices on everything from production costs to actors' wages...
...tactic that is seen more and more frequently by authorities, the new parasmugglers fly over a drop zone marked by infrared beacons visible only to the pilot. They dump drugs in containers equipped with infrared glow lights and radio transponders. The plane flies on with doors and windows open so any remaining specks of cocaine are blown away, allowing the smugglers to pass Customs...