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...parole eligibility dates of offenders convicted of nonviolent crimes are then brought forward by between 30 to 90 days, allowing officials to release enough inmates to bring the population down. Patterned on a 1980 Michigan statute, the laws are easier for legislators to accept because they affect only the tail end of a prisoner's sentence. Michigan's law has been invoked six times, resulting in the early release of about 2,000 inmates. But it cannot be used too often. "It's becoming increasingly less effective," says Michigan Director of Corrections Perry Johnson...
...different ways. For its debut next week, Spacelab has been configured in what designers call its "long module": the two cylinders have been mated to form one continuous workshop, about 13 ft. in diameter and 23 ft. in length. Positioned between the extended cylinder and the shuttle's tail assembly is a single pallet, holding 18 experiments, involving such equipment as cosmic-ray detectors, spectrometers and TV cameras. On future flights, as the experimental load increases, the tunnel can be lengthened and additional pallets added...
They came. They rowed. Then they made a beeline for Yale, as Harvard crews took on five other teams in the annual Tail of the Charles early Saturday morning...
...Tail of the Charles, primarily a freshman event, heralds the end of outdoor practice and competition for all levels of crew. The women's Tail of the Charles took place last Saturday...
Meitzen called the Tail of the Charles "the single most important novice event of the fall" for freshmen rowers...