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...serious attempt to catch bad guys. For the police, it was a chance to gauge FaceTrac's effectiveness as a crime-fighting tool. For Graphco and its partners, it was a chance to see whether the system could capture tens of thousands of faces in difficult lighting and random angles and process them in real time--while grabbing a little free publicity. "It was a phenomenal success," says Colatosti. "If you had told me the day before that we'd get one, that would be great. The fact that we caught 19, that's astounding...
When Harvard students drink, they tend to imbibe in intimate gatherings behind closed doors--in dorm rooms or final clubs--instead of at larger, more open public spaces, like bars and clubs. As a result, Harvard drinkers are more likely to impact those students who are around them, from random party-goers to romantic interests to roommates...
...late-night vote last month, the school committee split four-three to oppose a proposal by district administrators to keep the school assignment process random...
Since the vote, committee members who opposed the district administrators' proposal have faced a ferocious volley of criticism from parents who want to keep the selection process random at the high school...
Committee member Alfred B. Fantini, who joined Joseph G. Grassi and Galluccio in supporting the administration's proposal to keep the school selection process random, said parental choice at CRLS is a decision for Evans and D'Alessandro to make, not a policy question for the school committee to question...