Word: jailings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Even in the most racist areas of the States, there are still legal ways to fight discrimination; in South Africa, there are no such means. Apartheid is changing under outside pressure, it is true: the farmer who killed his maid with a sjambok might get a few years in jail now, instead of merely a fine. But it is not changing fast enough, and both blacks and whites are getting ready for the confrontation. As Zimbabwe and Namibia are going, so will South Africa. Those whites who can do so are leaving; doctors and computer programmers, who have easily saleable...
...sober. But when he has a tipple or two, he tends to have an urge to toss a rock through a window and then waits patiently to be arrested. In 26 years he has broken at least 44 panes and, as a result, has spent about ten years in jail on misdemeanor charges. Neither psychiatrists nor specialists at a federal alcoholism center have been able to help...
...some embarrassing facts concerning Bellotti: Bellotti was hired just prior to his race for Attorney General in 1974 by PCM, Inc. as an attorney. PCM was headed by Daniel Shields and William Harding, former executives of MBM, Inc., a firm from which two state senators, who are now serving jail terms, extorted bribes...
...being you must address yourself and your conscience to, know whether you have withheld something from the trial court and the jury which would have been of aid in the search for truth." Then, because the trial was over except for the jury's verdict, Trautwein released Farber from jail and suspended the contempt penalties against him and the Times...
...band has been in doubt ever since the Royal Canadian Mounted Police found 22 grams of heroin in the possession of Lead Guitarist Keith Richard 20 months ago. Out on $25,000 bail, Richard has been touring with the other Rolling Stones, but faced a possible seven-year jail term when he came to trial. Last week in Toronto he listened somberly as his lawyer described him as "a tragic person" with "a poor self image" who became a heroin addict but who has now kicked the habit. A sympathetic judge put Richard on probation for one year, then tacked...