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Since 1957, when a North Carolina trucker, Malcom McLean, discovered that he could save time and cut down on theft and breakage by hoisting his goodsladen truck rigs directly aboard ship, containerization has completely transformed the shipping industry. As a result, if the I.L.A.'s strike continues much beyond next week, it will tie up the great bulk of general cargo that moves...
...Halas's theft was the Crimson's third. Steve Potysman, who played a great game at cornerback, accounted for one in the third quarter, and Bob Baggott's weekly turnover, a Lou Piniella grab in the second that set up the Crimson's third score, represented the other...
Friends refused to post bail for Williams. While he was in jail, police discovered more than 2500 books at this home, and he was eventually tried on 20 counts of theft...
...withdraw from the University, though for reasons not directly related to the protest. He had been named director of Big Brothers and Sisters, a Phillips Brooks House program that worked to help young kids in the Columbia Point housing projects. In June 1972, Stephens was involved in an attempted theft of furniture from a Harvard House--furniture that was destined for use in the Columbia Point summer program. He was summarily thrown out of Harvard by the Ad Board...
...organizational set-up. Not only has the task force concept apparently precipitated a drop in violent crimes, but administrators believe the introduction of scientific crime-prevention techniques can pay off financially. About 60 per cent of robberies on campus can be prevented by awareness of simple means to prevent theft, Arthur Fitzhugh, another agent in the crime prevention unit, says. Moreover, he maintains, crime prevention can be built in to many University buildings, in the form of modern lighting and alarm systems. But such systems should be the work of experts, he says; Harvard only wastes money by trying...