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Most parents can recall a moment like the one David Refkin experienced the day he visited his daughter Julie's grammar-school class to talk about environmental issues. Refkin ran into tougher questions than he had expected. "One of the children asked me why TIME had to cut down so many trees to print magazines," says Refkin...
...whole new team this year," says sophomore Kelly Granat. "We have a new attitude, we're focused and we're tougher. We have some great recruits this year and a lot to build...
...actor's passion to observe the world. It is his art to become what he observes. And finally it is his job to let the world observe him. It's hard work, reconciling the natures of voyeur and exhibitionist. And when stardom falls on an actor, it is tougher to play the role demanded by the press and public: himself...
...crime and violence that society fears. Each year in Louisiana -- where excess is a way of life -- lawmakers have tried to outdo each other in legislating harsher mandatory penalties and in reducing avenues of release. The only thing to do with criminals, they say, is get tougher. They have. In the process, the ! purpose of prison began to change. The state boasts one of the highest lockup rates in the country, imposes the most severe penalties in the nation and vies to execute more criminals per capita than anywhere else. This state is so tough that last year, when prison...
Hueffer says rent control is not a soundeconomic policy. "It distorts the marketmechanism," he says. "It makes it tougher for lowincome tenants to find housing...