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...report notes that the American prison population has doubled in the past decade -- even though the overall crime rate has declined 3.5%. It cites mandatory sentencing laws in 46 states and tougher federal drug laws as the main reasons. Despite $16 billion a year spent on prisoners, claims Marc Mauer, the project's assistant director, "the same policies that have helped make us a world leader in incarceration have failed to make us a safer nation...
Gorbachev was clearly pleased to show that his newly enhanced presidential powers can produce results, but tougher tests lie ahead. Crucial economic disagreements must still be resolved with the powerful and populous Russian republic, whose parliament voted at year's end to withhold the lion's share of its contributions to the central government...
...People who have been out of college for threeor four years are in a tougher position,"Cosentino said. "They won't be willing to takelower-level, low-playing grunt work, but thosefresh out of college will be more apt to takethose positions...
Respected for his moderate, practical approach, Alexander will come to Washington with an impressive record of educational reforms. His Better Schools Program in Tennessee -- which features a merit-pay system for teachers, tougher standards for students and more computer, science and math instruction -- has become a national model. The ex-Governor favors deregulation of school bureaucracies to encourage innovation and strongly backs adult education to make U.S. workers competitive again...
...belonging to the National Shoe Retailers Association went on record against the proliferation of manufacturers' outlets; some are boycotting brands that have opened their own shops. "It's impossible to compete against them," complains association president William Boettge. For small stores, outlets are "making a tough business all the tougher," says John Cox, a recently retired shoe-shop owner in Lawrence, Kans., who saw his business drop more than 15% after a Bass outlet opened nearby and undercut his prices 20% to 30%. The 21,000-member National Sporting Goods Association also discourages manufacturers from opening outlets, though their protests...