Word: jail
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...black journalists. As a result, a black reporter on the Dallas Times Herald went to the city editor, who assigned the story to Susan Milstein, then on the paper's courthouse beat. At first she was leery: "People call all the time saying, 'My brother is in jail and it's a case of mistaken identity.' " But she quickly became intrigued: "I could not understand why all of these middle-aged white engineers were so upset. They were visibly shaken. Here was a young engineer making $24,000 a year. Now why would a guy like...
There was no public reaction from the military, which in any case is too demoralized for the moment to interfere. Most other Argentines, meantime, have greeted the news with subdued satisfaction, even though the eventual sentences are not likely to be anything more severe than a year in jail and loss of pensions. As Human Rights Activist Emilio Mignone puts it: "The country is not looking for blood. There has been enough suffering...
...policy by negotiating with polluters instead of engaging in lengthy court battles. The Administration, her lawyers charged, had made her a "scapegoat." After the verdict, Lavelle quietly wept. Said she: "I am very, very disappointed." She faces a maximum fine of $19,000 and up to 20 years in jail...
...absentee owner who "wouldn't know how to operate a mortuary." Yet Millionaire Flanagan seemed to know plenty about the business's bottom line. In 1961 he was convicted of grossly overcharging the Veterans Administration for frill-free funerals. He was sentenced to two years in jail and served seven months...
...Nellie Ely, perhaps the most celebrated turn-of-the-century journalist, got herself imprisoned in order to expose jail conditions for the New York World; Feminist Gloria Steinem became a Playboy Bunny to research a 1963 report for Show magazine...