Word: contraband
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...preeminently rational process. Criticism, groping in the dark, is offered a helping hand just after it has fallen off the cliff. A tactical reply to this procedure, of course, is to produce ever more detailed alternatives to those proposed by the University, thereby forcing it to reveal the contraband information in the course of its rebuttal--or else demonstrate its lack of the proverbial good faith in bargaining...
...Lewisburg, Pa., federal prison where the Catholic priest was serving a six-year term for destroying Selective Service records. Convicted on seven smuggling counts in all, Berrigan and Sister Elizabeth face possible maximum sentences of 40 and 30 years respectively for violating the prison contraband law. The defense was quick to point out, however, that the rule is primarily concerned with drugs and weapons and that the smuggling of letters is so commonplace as to be generally overlooked. Laying the groundwork for a May 2 hearing on a motion to reverse the convictions, the defense claims that...
...decided that it was only a matter of time before prison authorities found out that he was serving as a messenger for Berrigan. "I hoped," he said, "that if I had some supplemental evidence that I could produce at the time that it was discovered I was carrying out contraband, the authorities would believe me, and would realize the threat of these people to the United States Government." It was only after one letter was discovered in a routine search of Berrigan's cell, Douglas said, that he gathered up copies of the letters -which he had conveniently duplicated...
...begin with, the presence of police set a bitter tone for the evening. A dose burly officer flanked the usher at the entrance of the Music Hall, eyeing suspicious types and confiscating unspeakable amounts of liquor. Smiling benignly at the pile of contraband, one officer quipped, "What do you kids want to bring booze to a wake for? This is the Grateful Dead, don't you know?" Very strange...
...visitors' area for a conference with a lawyer. Before leaving the Adjustment Center, Jackson was made to strip for a thorough "skin search," a regular routine for Adjustment Center inmates. As was usual during such a search, his thick Afro-style hair was briskly rubbed to loosen any contraband that might be concealed there...