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Pebble Gifford, president of the Harvard Square Defense Fund, a watchdog group that has opposed construction of a McDonald's and other developments in the Square, also attended last night's meeting and voiced concerns...
...many" point of view. Advocates of prisoners rights, a beleaguered group these days, insist that few lock-up facilities offer much that could be mistaken for the good life. "All prisons are very unpleasant places,'' says Mike Mahoney, executive director of the John Howard Association, a Chicago-based prison watchdog group. They also argue that some of the cost-cutting expectations are based on a misunderstanding about who pays for some inmate comforts. According to a study by the North Carolina Department of Correction, for instance, all 31 of the states that allow televisions in prison cells require inmates...
...best of all possible worlds, our national security program would garuntee protection against all forms of attack, including nuclear. Unfortunately, we are not living a geopolitical Candide, we must prioritize our defense initiatives. Mush more relevant to our current security agenda is the establishment of an authoritative multilateral watchdog organization to prevent this nuclear threat from even taking shape. While the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the International Atomic Energy Organization have come a long way, North Korea's and, more recently, Iraq's flouting of the latter institution's regulatory authority suggest that much more could be done. Our active...
SURELY NO ONE CAN WHOLLY CONDONE the excesses of pornography on computer networks described in your article. I applaud none of it, yet does anyone-legislator, watchdog, censor or myself-have the right to remove this material from the Internet? The decision by an adult to view cyberporn rests with the individual alone, and it does not matter by which medium the pornography is conveyed. Access to the net should be open. HERB MAYNARD Napier, New Zealand...
Pebble Gifford, President of the Harvard Square Defense Fund, a watchdog group that has opposed previous developments in the Square, could not be reached for comment...