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Word: wheelchair (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...society to keep these mostly nonviolent, broken old men incarcerated? With the U.S. prison population soaring (to a record 1.8 million last year), Florida and California are being forced to release violent felons early because of court orders to reduce prison overcrowding. Should these people go free while harmless wheelchair-bound geriatrics stay locked up? Statistically, the risk of recidivism drops significantly with age. "To keep some of these folks in prison for the length of time we do is purely punitive and serves no purpose to society," argues William DiMascio, executive director of the Pennsylvania Prison Society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cellblock Seniors | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

With that, Lithgow led Hays wife to the podiumin her wheelchair and placed the medal around herneck. Two members of the National Theatre for theDeaf then presented a poem with one speaking andone signing...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Turns Out for Arts First | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

Though six states--Alaska, Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington--have voted to legalize medicinal marijuana, federal law still requires them to prosecute any wheelchair-bound granny smoking a bong. But they aren't doing so, and that has federal drug czar Barry McCaffrey muttering about a new "Whiskey Rebellion," the unsuccessful 1794 farmer's revolt against federal liquor taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Here's My Marijuana Card, Officer | 5/3/1999 | See Source »

...hours, cutting off circulation completely. An initial attempt to straighten them triggered a cardiac arrest, and Linkous was declared clinically dead for two minutes. Although he was revived and numerous operations to save his legs were ultimately successful, recovery has been slow and painful. He was confined to a wheelchair for six months and still wears leg braces...

Author: By Tatiana Gonzalez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: All That Sparkles Is Not Heard | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

...hours, cutting off circulation completely. An initial attempt to straighten them triggered a cardiac arrest, and Linkous was declared clinically dead for two minutes. Although he was revived and numerous operations to save his legs were ultimately successful, recovery has been slow and painful. He was confined to a wheelchair for six months and still wears leg braces...

Author: By Tatiana Gonzalez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Concert Review: All That Sparkles Is Not Heard | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

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