Word: earlied
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...self-segregated men-blacks seated on the left, whites on the right, Chicanos in front-they began to thaw. Black prisoners started to sway, clap their hands rhythmically and shout an occasional hallelujah. One white inmate drummed his tattooed fingers and pulled at a diamond ornamentally embedded in his ear lobe...
Another time, Satch is believed to have begun fantasizing on the bench. In his dream, Harvard was on the verge of winning an important game. Then the ref blew the whistle in his ear, and Sanders arose--only to find that, alas, it was only a dream...
American Buffalo. A fiendishly curious ear for language and a trio of pungent and hilarious characters earned David Mamet the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play...
...steelmen's case for higher prices is simple: they need more money, and quickly. Steel profits have slumped deeply this year; Bethlehem in the third quarter reported a record loss of $477 million. The announced price rises found a generally sympathetic ear in Washington. Barry Bosworth, director of the Council on Wage and Price Stability, termed Wheeling's 7% increase "awfully big," but a COWPS official later said of the Bethlehem-Inland hikes: "With inflation running around 6%, nobody is terribly concerned about a 5.5% increase?if that's to be the only increase...
...horror stories from inmates. One woman arrested on a drug charge claims she was informed that if she refused to confess, she would be tossed into a river and ground up by a nearby power plant. Another charged that officials had ripped off one of her earrings-and her ear lobe. Male inmates reported being tortured with cattle prods while still dripping from a shower. According to Stark, some prisoners told of extortion demands of up to $40,000 by Mexican lawyers promising to get them released. Before he was transferred from Mexico City's Santa Marta prison, Frank...