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...prison-related issues. We have scheduled speakers representing a range of perspectives and backgrounds to appeal to a wide audience. Whether you are opposed to wasting money; rampant, systematic abuse; racial bias or just bad, bloated government, prison reform is an issue we all need to face and act upon. We must elevate the level of discussion on these issues, so that we can be tough on crime, not people...
...that promise, and the family seemed determined to drag the case through the courts. Juan Miguel pleaded with INS officials to speed up the process, and they complied--worried that with each passing day, it would be harder to ease Elian smoothly back into some semblance of "normal" life upon his return to Cuba...
...youth! Yes, my child, once upon a time...
...Anthony asked for it back for a revision. The boy said he had written about all the happy times they shared but had unthinkingly mentioned swimming pools and a nearby park that was filled with lakes. Anthony was afraid Elian would be "sick" upon reading about water...
...once went fly fishing up in the Aberdare Range of Kenya--trying to cast a delicate fly down quietly upon the surface of the stream while at the same time watching over my shoulder for the lions that liked to pick off little animals watering there. I didn't catch any fish. I didn't get eaten either...