Word: furloughed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Vellucci. "In the wintertime we couldn't plough them, and in the summer-time, during the good weather, we couldn't sweep them. And the reason is that a lot of the students would leave their automobiles parked and then go home, like, to New York and California, on furlough...
Maybe its because I'm a Republican, but I really don't believe that the campaign was racist. Many felt that the ads about Willie Horton being released in a Massachusetts prison furlough were playing on some level of racial fears, creating an us-against-them atmosphere...
...Bianco did not rest easy. When she learned two months ago that her ex- husband was eligible for a pass under the prison's furlough program, she appealed to the local prosecutor for help. "We told them it was not appropriate or wise to release him," recalls St. Joseph County Prosecutor Michael Barnes. "We said we wanted to be notified if and when he ever came up for another pass." Matheney was denied that furlough, but earlier this month prison officials did grant him an eight-hour pass without notifying Barnes or Bianco. Matheney drove to Mishawaka and, according...
...most prominent black in the George Bush campaign was Willie Horton, the Massachusetts killer who raped a woman after he escaped from prison on a weekend furlough. The Bush camp relentlessly invoked Horton to portray Michael Dukakis as soft on crime -- but maybe also to make a not so subtle pitch to racial fears. In recent weeks, however, Bush has adroitly been mending fences. He moved quickly to meet with Jesse Jackson, Coretta Scott King and N.A.A.C.P. leader Benjamin Hooks. Jim Pinkerton, the director of policy development for the Bush transition team, promises, "The President-elect has a personal commitment...
Runkel noted that there was "strong resentment about ads run by both sides," saying there was particular concern about commercials that discussed Massachusetts' controversial furlough program and equivalent federal programs...