Word: rikers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard offers not a single course in the history of the former penal colony. True, there are no courses in the history of Alcatraz or of Riker's Island--although I wouldn't put it past the folks over in Robinson Hall. But then again, neither of these prison is a country unto itself, much less a continent...
Under the Administration proposal, students would not be permitted to receive more than $8000 in aid per year. Moreover, the federally determined amount the student and family can pay--based on total income would be automatically subtracted from the $8000 maximum said Dole spokesman Walter Riker...
...Riker said the difference would be made up by cuts in defense and other areas...
...York he was arraigned on charges of illegal gun possession and attempted murder. Bail was set at $50,000 (later reduced to $5,000), and he was put into protective custody at Riker's Island. The jail was deluged with calls by those offering money and support. Goetz softly declined. He raised his own bail, and returned to his apartment five days later...
SENTENCED. Mark Gastineau, 28, 6-ft. 5-in.. 270-lb. all-pro defensive end of the New York Jets, who was convicted in September of assaulting a man in New York City's Studio 54 nightclub; to 90 hours of community service conducting a football camp at Riker's Island correctional facility for jailed adolescents awaiting trial. Said presiding Criminal Court Judge Alan Marrus: "I'm sentencing you to Riker's Island-not as an inmate but as a teacher...