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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...found guilty of the forgery charge, Kuan and Loh could have been sentenced to a maximum of five years in state prison...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Student Admits Fake ID Sale | 2/15/1990 | See Source »

Also, critics of the Bush plan, like the American Council on Higher Education, point out that the administration intends to keep the maximum Pell Grant at $2300 for the third straight year, resulting in an overall nine percent decrease in purchasing power for students...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: Bush's Education Budget: 'A Mixed Blessing' | 2/8/1990 | See Source »

Tickets for the Harvard men's hockey team's home games against Vermont and RPI will go on sale at 9 a.m. at the Harvard Ticket Office in the basement of Harvard Hall. Students may buy a maximum of two tickets for each game by bringing coupons 10 and 11 with them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hockey Tix | 2/8/1990 | See Source »

...from clear that either side is ready to abandon its maximum demands. Says Lawrence Schlemmer, director of Johannesburg's Center for Policy Studies: "What normally precipitates conflict resolution is a need to limit damage." But South Africa is not in a desperate crisis, and neither the government nor the A.N.C. is feeling enough pressure to make concessions on vital issues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: At the Crossroads | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

Even if Barry is convicted on the misdemeanor charge of drug possession, he could continue to hold office if he is sentenced to less than the one-year maximum term. And precedent exists for the jailhouse election of a municipal official. In 1903 Boston's four-time mayor, James Michael Curley, was elected alderman from jail. In fact, an us-against-them argument could appeal to Barry's populist base in a city fractured along racial and class lines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Run, Barry, Run | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

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