Word: leathers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whom are in the criminal division. For young attorneys, the Southern District is the place. Competition for jobs is intense; nearly all of those chosen made law review at the most prestigious law schools. Every morning at 9, the heads of the various units sit in green leather chairs around Giuliani's desk, which resembles a display counter in a second-hand store selling Yankee memorabilia. Giuliani, his presidential-seal cuff links gleaming, his manner radiating enthusiasm, listens to each of their reports. The mood is one of seriousness seasoned by banter. At one recent session, the corruption-unit chief...
...said that the man who hit him was tall and wore a leather jacket and maroon pants. He did not get a close look at the others because "before I knew what was happening, I was unconscious...
...vintage automobiles or sows that would fetch blue ribbons at any county fair -- but the Titusville event swept you back and held you stuck in time through the course of an afternoon (Why does the word stirring come uncharacteristically to mind?). Any sucker for a Zippo lighter, a cracked leather flight jacket, the music of Glenn Miller or the recollection of a sassy riveter with a mouth like a beesting would have found peace in this field...
...know that kid, Davey, that lady's son. I mean, I don't really know him, but I saw him last week after some Puerto Rican kids stole his jacket. It was a new leather jacket. They held a gun to his head. I saw him in the subway, and I gave him a hug. I didn't like him or anything. I just wanted to show him that not all Puerto Ricans were like that...
...There are three things you need to run a prison," said W.S. Neil, onetime warden of the Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville, "a checkbook, a shotgun and the strap." Until the legislature outlawed corporal punishment, Neil routinely ordered the flogging of inmates with a leather strap. Now, as in those days of a generation ago, Tennessee has serious problems with its underfinanced and overcrowded penal system. In July there were riots at three prisons. In October a U.S. judge barred wardens from accepting any more inmates until the prison population was drastically cut. Last month a Memphis sheriff, with...