Word: prisoners
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...pair of high-profile Chinese dissidents--officially released from prison for medical reasons--passed through Harvard this year to share their experiences and to urge for further reforms in their home country...
...belonged to the first generation of the pro-democracy movement which came into prominence in 1978. Wei was first sentenced to 15 years in prison...
...Galbraith was instrumental in arranging classmate and close friend Benazir Bhutto's release from prison. In her autobiography, Bhutto names Galbraith as her liberator, the man who engineered her release from prison...
Before he could arrange for a meeting with her through the president, her captors moved her prison to Switzerland, a move Galbraith attributes to an attempt to dodge him. Soon, however, Bhutto was free...
BOWING OUT. MARION BARRY, 62, shameless mayor of the District of Columbia for four controversial terms (interrupted by a stint in prison) that left the city insolvent and under near total congressional rule; announcing he will not seek re-election when his term expires...