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...scandal refers to the 1986 weekend furlough release of Willie Horton, who was serving a life sentence for murder in a Massachusetts prison. Horton did not return to jail after his furlough and subsequently raped a woman twice, after assaulting her fiancé in April...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Michael S. Dukakis | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

Although Dukakis did not institute the Massachusetts furlough program during his tenure, he nevertheless defended it as a means of criminal rehabilitation...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Michael S. Dukakis | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...arrests have forced the protesters to abandon their sit-in in the latest chapter in Hawaii's months-long "furlough Fridays" saga. Nearly 170,000 students statewide have been affected since the program began last October. There are four more Friday closures planned before the school year ends in May. "While we're disappointed, we take away a victory - that the eyes of the world were focused on the failure of furloughs," says protester Clare Hanusz. "We're disgusted with the governor and her leadership, and we'll be focusing our efforts elsewhere. That doesn't mean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hawaii's Fight Over School Furloughs Heats Up | 4/15/2010 | See Source »

...carried posters that read “Harvard Gambles, Workers Lose” and “Layoffs Are Not the New Crimson” and chanted mantras such as “they say cutback, we say fight back, they say layoff we say back off, they say furlough we say hell...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Protestors Demand Fiscal Transparency | 3/26/2010 | See Source »

...escaped this recession unscathed. Revenue last year shrank by about $6 billion from 2008, forcing widespread belt-tightening. Just last month, despite the improved outlook, Davis revealed a major restructuring that included 1,800 management and administrative layoffs. Two weeks later, on Feb. 8, he announced plans to furlough at least 300 of the company's 2,800 pilots. These cuts come on the heels of a 4% reduction in UPS's 408,000-strong global workforce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Road to Recovery | 2/25/2010 | See Source »

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