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Word: jail (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...family. While attorneys painstakingly questioned prospective jurors, whose names were kept secret for their protection, Gotti suffered another setback: U.S. District Judge Eugene Nickerson ruled that during the trial, the boss could not eat lunch in the courtroom with his attorneys but would have to return to the basement jail for tuna or ham sandwiches. "Judge," said the obviously annoyed Gotti, "why don't we just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mafia: Trials of a Dapper Don | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

...women like Jorje who are desperate to find their children. Said she: "Daniela was lovely. She had blue eyes and dark hair, just like me. I don't want another baby, just her." Of those who had been arrested, she added, "I hate them. I hope they go to jail forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil Baby Farm | 8/4/1986 | See Source »

...unfurled a tiny American flag that he had been given while making a delivery to the U.S. embassy. A passing policeman, seeing the flag, pulled Garcia, 45, over to the curb and searched him. He discovered U.S. dollars in the driver's pocket and promptly threw him in jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua Jittery Mood | 7/21/1986 | See Source »

...first such outing for Colson, now a born- again Christian and founder-head of Prison Fellowship Ministries. He finds the ex-President a "slave driver" who is "very similar to Richard Nixon in that respect, although for a different cause. This one doesn't end us up in jail -- just at hard labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 21, 1986 | 7/21/1986 | See Source »

...heart of much of the confusion is the strange and shifting alliance between President Corazon Aquino and her wily longtime antagonist and current Defense Minister, Juan Ponce Enrile. Throughout the 7 1/2 years that her husband Benigno was in jail, Aquino had to negotiate on his behalf with Enrile, who was then Defense Minister under former President Ferdinand Marcos, even for conjugal visits. In February, it was Enrile's startling volte-face that helped topple Marcos and bring Aquino to power. Ever since, the former architect of Marcos' martial law, who has never concealed his own presidential ambitions, has remained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines Midsummer Night's Dream | 7/21/1986 | See Source »

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