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Word: hemless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Inside a Riker's Island Prison theater in New York City last week, the players were setting up on stage. The audience entered in rowdy chaos-175 women, mostly black and Puerto Rican, dressed in sleeveless, hemless shifts, and monitored by hefty black female guards in starchy white shirts. A loudspeaker voice cut through the clamor to introduce the program: "'The Family' started behind the walls and it is now functioning outside the wall. And every member is a professional. Today we will see Straight from the Ghetto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Players from Prisons | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

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