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Word: prisoners (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Residents of Wigglesworth Hall F-entry volunteered their rooms for a temporary jail, where prisoners were given classic jailbird garb of blackstriped hats and shirts to wear for the duration of their prison terms...

Author: By Jennifer Griffin, | Title: Students Jailed in Fundraiser | 4/8/1988 | See Source »

...memoirs to be published in May, Hiss, 83, who served 44 months in prison on a perjury conviction as a result of the microfilm evidence, excoriates Chambers as a "psychopath . . . the perfect pawn" of an opportunistic young Congressman then serving on the House Un-American Activities Committee: Richard Nixon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Landmarks: Return of the Great Pumpkin | 4/4/1988 | See Source »

...building, the employees toil in cramped, poorly ventilated rooms, working up to 70 hours a week without overtime. A Dickensian tale about a 19th century sweatshop? Hardly. The scene takes place in the mail "folding room" of the U.S. House of Representatives, where workers have long complained about "prison-like" conditions of employment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Washington: Capitol Hill Sweatshop | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

...four defendants with theft of Government property for siphoning off more than $17 million in proceeds from U.S. arms sales to Iran, and with wire fraud resulting from the movement of the money through Swiss bank accounts. The three counts together carry maximum penalties of 20 years in prison and fines totaling as much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conspiracy, Fraud, Theft and Cover-Up: Iranscam Indictment by Walsh | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

...million in contributions, which he used to buy lethal contra aid. NEPL President Carl ("Spitz") Channell and Public Relations Consultant Richard Miller pleaded guilty to the same charges last spring, and presumably will testify against North. On all the charges, North faces a possible sentence of 85 years in prison and a staggering $4 million in fines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conspiracy, Fraud, Theft and Cover-Up: Iranscam Indictment by Walsh | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

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