Word: prisoners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what you will--Joshua is mediocre schlock Schlockhas many relatives, easily understood by attaching a prefix to define precisely the derived form's relationship to the tradition. I cite several of the most exemplary: rock-schlock (Spinal Tap), cock-schlock (Porky's has this covered) and lock-schlock (prison classics like the oh-so-shameful The Longest Yard...
...reorganize the DGSE. The housecleaning had begun with the arrest of four agents suspected of leaking information on the Greenpeace case to the press. They were officially indicted last week on charges of revealing secrets "damaging to the national defense," an offense punishable by five years in prison...
Human rights groups have been protesting the treatment of detainees since Black Leader Steve Biko died of brain injuries suffered in a Port Elizabeth prison in 1977. Since then at least 26 black South Africans have died while in detention, 15 of them during the past year. While police officials have repeatedly denied abusing prisoners, a recent University of Cape Town study found that detainees stood an 83% chance of being tortured...
...studies also show that it is not uncommon for children--as young as 10 or 11--to be held in custody without their parents' knowledge for extended periods of time. As of last March, a report found that 570 unsentenced juveniles and 403 who had been sentenced were in prison. Authorities have been telling parents that under the state of emergency they are not required to tell them where their children are or what condition they...
Phillips Brooks House-Prison Tutoring Committee Chair, Harvard Band-Bass Drum Manager, H/R Catholic Student Cir. Volunter. J.V. Squash...