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...Some of the greatest pressure for change comes not from angry victims of police abuse but from rank-and-file officers, many of whom carry out their duties faithfully under difficult circumstances. A recent year-long internal police study conducted in Shandong province showed that beat cops work an average of 11 hours a day, with only one day off every three weeks. They're often called upon for unlikely duties, such as collecting fines from delinquent taxpayers and from violators of the one-child policy. And to top it off, they're woefully paid: salaries average...
Feldstein said the new alternative course—which doesn’t satisfy requirements for economics concentrators—might draw other students away from his year-long Ec 10 course because it was only one semester long, but also said that higher Advanced Placement exam scores might account for the drop...
...describes the moment when he and his wife entered their scarcely furnished Lowell rooms after two days of driving their U-Haul truck as the first “fiery test” of their commitment to the year-long endeavor...
EarthLink took notice and began a year-long cat-and-mouse game to discover Carmack's true identity. "My name's not on anything," he boasted at one point, according to investigators, when they reached him on his uncle's cell phone. "You'll never catch me." Fingered by his upstairs neighbor and a former employer, Carmack went to ground. A private detective was hired to stake out his mother's house. Carmack was finally caught running from his car to the front door and was served with a complaint. Now out on bail, he has been found liable...
...Radcliffe Professor of the History of Science and Chair of the Committee on Women’s Studies Katherine Park called for a review of the campus’ sexual assault services. Professor of International Health Jennifer Leaning led a panel comprised of faculty, students and administrators in a year-long investigation into Harvard’s sexual assault resources. The recommendations, which went into effect last week, present a laudable blueprint for reform...