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Harvard had a tougher go of it in the Northeastern game...
Such results have convinced people who spend most of their waking hours in and around prisons -- commissioners, wardens, guards, not to mention inmates -- that if prisons only punish, and offer no inducements or opportunities for rehabilitation, they simply produce tougher criminals. When prisoners have no constructive way to spend their time, they often fill the hours building a reservoir of resentment, not to mention a grab bag of criminal tricks, that -- count on it -- they will take back to the streets. "All we do," says Dr. John May, one of the 10 doctors who service the 9,000 inmates...
Because more than two-thirds of the states have laws requiring them to maintain a balanced budget, some of the more costly state proposals will come crashing to the ground in short order. But a slew of tougher prison sentences are likely to be adopted, taking the heat off legislators -- until it becomes apparent that they haven't worked and the next upsurge of anger comes along...
...lips style, to veto any health-care bill that doesn't guarantee universal coverage. Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole, delivering the not altogether surprising G.O.P. response, said the President was exaggerating the extent of the nation's health-care problem and urged the White House to be even tougher on crime...
Today, the Crimson are likely to have a tougher go of it when they host Rutgers, Albany and Pennsylvania...