Word: bail
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Puck of the 1960s underground, the frizzy-haired, war-painted Yippie leader who preached revolution against the American Establishment. In 1974, when he jumped bail in New York City on charges of selling $36,000 worth of cocaine, Abbie Hoffman began nearly seven years as a flamboyant fugitive. He personally reported himself missing to the New York City police department. He threw a book-publishing party for himself at a Manhattan restaurant. And he even attended President Carter's Inauguration. Finally, after a last interview in hiding, with ABC's Barbara Walters, Hoffman, 44, gave up last week...
...that he still enjoys the Kremlin's confidence. The crucial question: How much will the Soviets let Gierek negotiate away? The Soviets apparently approve Gierek's goal of trying to defuse the workers' political demands with offers of cash, and may well kick in some financial aid to bail Gierek...
...Tekere walked out of Salisbury's Chikurubi Prison, where he had been held for 14 days on charges of murdering a 68-year-old white farm manager. Tekere, who is also secretary-general ol Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) party, was released on $75,000 bail after a white judge accepted the Prime Minister's personal pledge that Tekere would stand trial...
...accurately quoted past statements of Ronald Reagan to support the charge that the Republican candidate is "no friend" of labor ("Unemployment insurance is a prepaid vacation plan for freeloaders"), the cities ("I have included in my morning and evening prayers every day the prayer that the Federal Government not bail out New York"), the elderly (Social Security "should be made voluntary"), and the environment ("Eighty percent of air pollution comes from plants and trees...
...joke ended when Tekere, still dressed in battle fatigues, finally hopped into his blue Jaguar and drove to Salisbury's central police station. There, in an unusual closed-door hearing, he was formally charged with murder and held without bail pending trial. Six other men, all from Tekere's personal corps of bodyguards, were also arrested in the case...