Word: slammer
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...White House, Bush backers were quick to try to soften any public relations damage the decision might cause. They claimed Solomonic wisdom had been applied to a thorny case, leaving untouched the verdict while sparing a former loyalist the "excessive" penalty of time in the slammer. Bush's lengthy written statement - unnecessary given the absolute authority he has under the Constitution to grant clemency - claimed respect for the verdict and the jury. "There'd been a lot of questions about intervening at points along the way," said one senior White House official, "And the President had always been clear that...
...feet of the John Harvard statue. How’s that for lip service? 1962: Harvard Band members took an early morning stroll through New Haven, playing their instruments at 3 a.m. The Crimson reported that their enthusiasm, however, earned them a night in the New Haven slammer. 1963: Widener Library’s pillars were disgraced with “Beat Harvard” spelled out in blue paint. The removal was costly, and the Elis won (boo), but the perpetrators were slapped with a suspension. 1982: MIT’s Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity rigged a large black...
...play, starred in three more features and done two cameos together. Now they are back in Tough Guys, which finished filming last week in California, and the more things change the more they play the same. The toothy twosome portray--you guessed it--jailbirds who get out of the slammer and decide to do one more job, on a train called the Golden Flyer. "It's a love story of affection between two men," explains Douglas. "The emphasis is on the importance of friendship." Speaking of friends, how did it feel to be reteamed with Lancaster? "We're still talking...
...Crimson is averaging 16 minutes in the penalty box per game—almost a full period played beneath full strength—but that doesn’t even touch ECACHL penalty leader Clarkson, which averages 29.5 minutes per game in the slammer. In fact, Harvard sits in a ninth-place tie in the 12-team league...
...says about their background. During the Pring-Wilson trial, CourtTV analysts speculated that the defendant’s hyphen might make him appear richer and haughtier than he deserved. The result? An innocent hyphen might be responsible for Pring-Wilson’s six to eight years in the slammer...