Word: lock
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...confrontation. Said he: "Someone wants to draw us into a fight because we are winning." The union boss added that he would soon meet with Jaruzelski to discuss the crisis face to face. Walesa said his first question would be: "Shall we save the country, or shall we lock ourselves up in different doctrines? I will tell the general, 'Let us not worry about doctrines. What we need is food.' " But the moderates failed to hold the line. Over Walesa's objections, the 107-member commission voted overwhelmingly to declare a one-hour nationwide warning strike...
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, so often little more than a campaign plank for aspiring politicians, has drawn less attention than ever under the conservative revolution. Across the nation, jail populations are swelling, as political rhetoric has stressed the "lock 'em up and throw away the keys" approach. Lower court judges anxious for reappointment by elected officials have stepped up jail terms and bail appraisals. In city halls from New York to San Francisco, local David Stockmans have slashed budgets for prison upkeep and inmate care; criminals after all, don't vote. In the eyes of America's political leaders, as long...
Take New York City. The already swarming Rikers Island "correctional facility," 99 per cent full to capacity a year ago, is now crowded more than 10 per cent above its formal limits. Yet Mayor Edward Koch continues to blast "soft judges" who refuse to lock up all offenders. Meanwhile, Koch, who will romp to re-election this year, has cut back the budgets of the few departments designed to ease inmates back into society--Probation, Parole, and Mental Health. Sadly, Americans everywhere--obsessed by only political issues of the self, like interest rates--have taken no notice of the horror...
...champion arm wrestler. Who will challenge me?" roared British Actor Oliver Reed (Women in Love) as he swaggered into a rustic, 160-year-old drinking and dining establishment in Stowe, Vt. A customer jokingly volunteered, but before the two men could lock forearms, Reed, 43, turned the contest into a genuine barroom donnybrook, with the brawlers flipping furniture and smashing beer bottles. Handcuffed and manacled, the actor was arrested on charges of simple assault and disorderly conduct. He spent the night at Lamoille County's Hyde Park jail, then had to come up with $4,000 bail. Reed...
...leave for a lecture in Central America, he is approached by Marty Nolan, a contact from the old days. It seems that something funny is going on in the Republic of Tecan, currently a safe haven for U.S. interests. "Our ambassador is a Birchite moron," Nolan reports. "The cops lock you up for reading Voltaire." What really troubles Nolan is the behavior of a Roman Catholic priest and nun, both Americans, who are defying their superiors by refusing to close down a small mission and clinic on the Caribbean coast. Surely Holliwell can find an excuse to drop...