Word: warrens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That dreary cycle is one of the most prominent and distressing features of the U.S. prison system. Last week, as Chief Justice Warren Burger lamented that most inmates "go back into society worse for their confinement," three of Michigan's state prisons were shaken by bloody rioting. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court neared a landmark decision on whether putting two prisoners into one cell is cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the U.S. Constitution. If, as seems likely, the court decrees that it does not, prison authorities fear that the crowding will get worse and the rioting may spread...
...initiatives of Coburn and Fox. And waits for money. No one knows for sure what advice will come from the study which "did everything but take Winthrop apart brick from brick," according to Davis, or what new repair work energy-slashing measures and $12 million will allow. But Dr. Warren E. C. Wacker, master of South House and Oliver Professor of Hygiene, sees the new study presenting "both a challenge and an opportunity to upgrade the place, to make it more liveable and economical in the long run," Wacker adds...
...have affected quite a few Harvard affiliates: relief from the yearly flu epidemic. The annual blight hit from late November to mid-January, keeping dozens of Harvardians bedridden for days. While healthy scientists busied themselves in their laboratories, sickly patients could only follow the age-old advice of Dr. Warren E.C. Wacker, director of University Health Services, who recommended rest, fluids and aspirin...
...University. The Institute of Politics now openly regards gay politics as a subject worthy of debate in the Kennedy School forum and last year sponsored a panel on gay issues. The University Health Services (UHS) director has also listened to requests that UHS doctors treat gay students fairly. Dr. Warren E. C. Wacker, director of UHS, spoke before a GSA meeting and has taken the lead in "sensitizing" physicians and psychiatrists. Nevertheless, most counselors at UHS still regard homosexuality as an indication of psychological distress and confusion that needs treatment, several gay students say. Schatz, whose medical record includes...
...played and unseating Princeton to claim the League title for the first time in 16 years. By winning the Ivies, the netmen gained Harvard's first berth on the NCAA Championship Tournament, held in Athens, Ga. In the opening round, Crimson aces Howard Sands, captain Don Pompan, Bob Horne, Warren Grossman and Rob Wheeler all faltered against third-ranked Pepperdine, and only third-seed Mike Terner salvaged a win in the singles competition...