Word: booted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...high standard for discipline, and his aircraft carrier is well equipped to contend with those who fail to meet it. Persistent rule breakers are confined to the correctional custody unit (CCU), where they are subjected to "retraining"-a program of drills and indoctrination designed to reinstill the lessons of boot camp or, as one veteran puts it, "to make you feel stupid and look stupider." Further instruction may be given in the brig-a solitary cell where the diet is sometimes bread and water...
...Right now, the tow companies get the $25. With the boot, it will go right to the city," Teso said happily...
...addition, the traffic department is asking state approval for higher fines, and the right to use the "Denver boot" on parked cars, with too many tickets...
...boot, already in use in Boston is a metal wheel lock that makes it impossible for a car to be driven until it is unlocked and removed. And it isn't unlocked and removed until parking tickets are paid off. And until a $25, unlocking and removing fee is paid...
First came TV dinners, then pantyhose and now the ultimate cocktail convenience: wine and cheese, all in one bottle, and environmentally sound to boot...