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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Torture," said the condemned man's lawyer, Mark Olive. "Barbarous," said Thomas Horkan, executive director of the Florida Catholic Conference. Last week prison officials came up with an explanation. An overzealous maintenance man had replaced the natural sponge in the headpiece with a synthetic sponge bought at a local store. When tested in a toaster, the synthetic sponge started to smoke. Tafero, officials insisted, was brain-dead after the first shock of electricity and felt no pain...
...professor running his own consulting firm on the side. In 1969 he moved his family just across the state line, to Salem, N.H., in search of lower taxes and "a better life-style for my family." There he began his political career, winning a spot on the local planning board, then a seat as a state representative. He ran unsuccessfully for a number of higher offices, including state and U.S. Senator, before finally winning the governorship in 1982. That victory came at the trough of the Reagan recession. Sununu prevailed by promising to balance the state budget without broad-based...
...Parents' Music Resource Center, which has crusaded against explicit lyrics, applauded the move. Local politicians were less pleased. "This plan doesn't even touch most of the music we're talking about," says Missouri legislator Jean Dixon. She points out that the trade group promoting the voluntary label, the Recording Industry Association of America, does not represent many of the companies that produce the most offensive albums...
...laws could hurt business. The Bicycle Manufacturers Association of America contends that the price of helmets -- typically $20 to $80 -- may cut into the sport's appeal by increasing its cost. The Maryland law was written by county councilman Charles Feaga, who was disturbed by the deaths of three local children in bicycling accidents. Insists Feaga: "We did not do this to harass children or adults. It's like passengers wearing seat belts. It's for their own good...
...local men were indicted Tuesday for allegedly operating a drug ring out of Harvard Square, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney's office...