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...minimum, the story should have contained some context for the experiment, perhaps a doctor discussing the potential health impacts of repeatedly being a test subject. Or, The Crimson could have discussed the review process that all experiments involving human subjects must undergo...
...folk who know what buttons to press and levers to pull. Already, by going to court, they have stopped the government from reclaiming even more land from what little harbor we have left. Now they are fighting for a host of causes, from fewer skyscrapers and roads to a minimum wage for low-skilled workers to patients' rights to better education for underprivileged children. With the rich getting richer, these ngos are needed more than ever to speak and act for the disadvantaged...
...About Hair is currently not in operation. According to Silverman, Purdy has been in detention and awaiting a sentence. Silverman has requested another sentencing date for his client, whose bail was revoked after the verdict was announced. Silverman said that he anticipates Purdy will get “a minimum of two years on each count...There may be a two-for-one special, or he may have to do them separately.” A “two-for-one special” would mean that Purdy would concurrently serve time for operating a house of prostitution...
...among the proudest days of their lives. Unfortunately, too many Massachusetts students drop out of high school before reaching this milestone—a sad effect of the state’s policy to mandate education only until age 16. At least 15 states, however, have adopted a minimum dropout age of 18, netting diplomas for a vastly larger population. Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 recently proposed such an increase here, and we join him in his call for a better education for all Bay State teens. Although many upper high-school courses...
...relative to the economy was in the late 1970s and early '80s, when soaring inflation shoved Americans into ever higher tax brackets--resulting in big tax hikes that Congress never had to vote on. That ended in 1984, when income tax brackets were indexed to inflation. The dread alternative minimum tax (AMT) is not indexed, but despite all the bad press the AMT gets, its budgetary impact has so far been minimal. That will change very soon, barring congressional intervention, but it hasn...