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According to the BSA's philosophy, the way to reap positive results is to maintain a constant "watchdog" vigil, sustaining pressure on the administration...

Author: By Janet A. Sachs, | Title: Divestment's Not the Only Show in Town | 10/24/1985 | See Source »

...electronic handcuff. The offender wears a wristwatch-like device that must be inserted into a verifier box in response to random telephone calls from a corrections computer. Control Data's Home Escort system and Controlled Activities' Supervisor attach at the ankle. The Supervisor system used in Florida keeps constant vigil by sending a radio signal every 35 seconds to a central computer. If the signal stops, it tells officials that the prisoner has strayed more than 150 ft. or so from his house. The computer can be programmed to allow travel to and from work, and authorities still perform occasional...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spiderman's Net: An electronic alternate to prison | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

This evening students also plan to hold a mock funeral procession and candlelight vigil at Memorial Church to commemorate Blacks who have died in South Africa...

Author: By Rebecca K. Kramnick and The CRIMSON Staff, S | Title: Encampment Kicks Off Day of Apartheid Protest | 10/11/1985 | See Source »

...Santi Vigil and Dan Donigan each tallied in the second frame to give the hosts their final four-goal margin...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: UConn Blows by Crimson | 9/26/1985 | See Source »

This daunting insight does not keep the hero from continuing his lonely, alert vigil. He is convinced that should he ever, miraculously, see exactly what is going on in front of his eyes, he can begin the truly important part of his mission: "Extending this knowledge to the entire universe." So he goes on watching: a pair of mating tortoises, giraffes in a zoo, the cuts of meat in a butcher shop, the ruins of a Toltec shrine in Mexico, the flight of migrant starlings in his native Rome. Even while tending the grounds of his summer home, he feels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Spectacles Mr. Palomar by Italo Calvino | 9/23/1985 | See Source »

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