Word: prisons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Threats of violence were only the tip of the iceberg. The Crimson caused controversy in 1981 when it published an editorial about a prison riot in Arizona. Although none of the rioters were Black, a picture of two Black Harvard students with bars superimposed over their faces appeared next to the editorial, said Clark. When the students threatened to sue, The Crimson settled the matter by printing a retraction and agreeing to capitalize the word "Black...
...minds of apprehensive whites: a postnuclear landscape of poverty and blight, where crack dealers plan gang wars in cratered tenements. To most Manhattanites from the wealthy southern part of the island, Harlem hardly exists, except as an old, obscure head wound -- the beast in the attic, a maximum-security prison for the American Dream's unruly losers. Why would a white person go to this Harlem, except to buy drugs...
Hidle and Coghlan may be the first skiers in U.S. history to have felony charges filed against them for accidents on the slopes. Accused of manslaughter and child abuse, Hidle, who surrendered to authorities last week, could be sentenced to a total of 24 years in prison. If convicted, Coghlan, charged with second-degree assault, child abuse and reckless endangerment, could go to jail for up to 16 years...
...measures that may put more dealers behind bars but is likely to do little to curb rampant drug use. Local police will get help from 82 federal agents. A 500-bed detention facility will be built in the District and more beds will be available in a federal prison in Maryland. Drug treatment will gain only 300 beds instead of the 1,040 the city asked for. Will Bennett's battle plan do much to help the nation's capital kick the habit? Given the czar's imperiousness and the swirl of rumors surrounding Barry, whose friendship with an accused...
Last week all the accused lost. The jury found Walters and Bloom guilty of racketeering, conspiracy and mail fraud. Each faces up to 55 years in prison and a fine of up to $1.5 million. As for college athletics, it emerged with more of its idealistic luster tarnished -- just what it did not need after a bruising year of recruiting scandals and crackdowns by the National Collegiate Athletic Association...