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Word: gangly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Meanwhile, a court settlement in Alabama softened another get-tough law-enforcement device, the newly revived chain gang. After an Alabama guard shot a prisoner to death during a fight between two men who had been shackled together, authorities agreed to break up the chain, though each prisoner will still wear leg irons. Officials talk of an exodus of California parolees to more forgiving states, but it's doubtful they're moving to Alabama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THREE STRIKES ARE OUT | 7/1/1996 | See Source »

...Gang members have staked out the area," Fantini says. "At Two Canal Park, you see a dilapidated fence and see markings of gang members; all of that suggests gang activity...

Author: By Rachel C. Telegen, | Title: CambridgeSide Mall Revitalizes East Cambridge | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

...shooting has raised a number of questions about gang activity," Grassi says. "There is graffiti on the streets near the mall, on the public transportation going to the mall. It tends to allude to a group of individuals marking their territory...

Author: By Rachel C. Telegen, | Title: CambridgeSide Mall Revitalizes East Cambridge | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

Sigel adds that many might mistakenly believe large groups of youths who visit the malls are gang members. "I think that whenever people see large groups of kids, they think that is a gang," he says...

Author: By Rachel C. Telegen, | Title: CambridgeSide Mall Revitalizes East Cambridge | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

Gavin says he personally believes gang activity used to be a problem in the mall, but that security has now effectively eliminated the presence of gangs. He acknowledges, however, that many store managers at the mall still cite gang activity as their chief security problem...

Author: By Rachel C. Telegen, | Title: CambridgeSide Mall Revitalizes East Cambridge | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

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