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...misdemeanors from 10 years to just five. By organizing an intercollegiate protest and encouraging campus activity relating to CORI reform, Harvard students have shown their support for this cause and their willingness to participate in the reform of the criminal justice system. But while the student presence has been vital up until now, the battle is not over. The state should do more to aid released offenders trying to reintegrate themselves into society. State-run reintegration programs and even incentives for employers to hire these released offenders would have a notable impact on the futures of former convicts...
...invasion in 2003. Basra, Sadr City, and Mosul are coming back under Baghdad's control. Many Iraqis feel safe enough to move back into their houses. And none of it should take away from General Petraeus; our troops, who are bleeding and dying to hold together a country vital to American interests; or the Iraqis, who have backed away from civil war. So why should we now mischaracterize the enemy...
...their own calculations. That has contributed to the skyrocketing windstorm premiums that have forced many Florida residents to leave the state. For the past two years the South Florida Water Management District, reacting to the diluvial warnings, has drained water from Lake Okeechobee, one of the peninsula's most vital hydrosources, to avoid storm flooding. Because the deluges never came, this has helped exacerbate Florida's recent drought...
Your report on the Berkshire hathaway shareholders meeting painted a vivid picture of the scene but omitted a vital detail [May 26]. Yes, Benjamin Moore was selling teddy bears for $5, an item ordinarily promotional. But all proceeds from the toy and other items we sold went to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC). In fact, we raised $10,000 at the Omaha meeting and have added that to our considerable ongoing annual support of RMHC. Denis Abrams, PRESIDENT & CEO Benjamin Moore & Co., MONTVALE...
...Larijani, despite his opening-day rhetoric against the IAEA, is widely viewed as the standard-bearer within the conservative establishment for pragmatism in domestic and foreign affairs. Besides serving in security posts, he is a former minister of culture and headed Iranian state television for a decade. A vital point of difference is that while Ahmadinejad has taken a provocative stance in the now-suspended negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, Larijani believes Iran's interests are better served with a constructive dialogue aimed at building Western confidence that Iran's uranium-enrichment activities will not be diverted into...