The dual labeling of the New York Times seemed to invite a Woody Allen to shout that the czar and the tsar were the same person. The assumption falters on the editorial presumably written by someone safely anchored to a desk in New York. The phrases are inaccurate. Furloughs in Massachusetts ranged from 1 hour to 74 hours in 1987 and from 1 hour to 170 hours in 1986, and furloughs could be granted for any day or days of the week. As of April 1988 furloughs were ended for anyone who ever was a first-degree murderer not eligible for parole.
Weekend is a time for recreation and leisure.
This association suggests that the assault and rapes were leisure activities for the prisoners. In describing the ad, reporters adopted the Bush language as well. Here is an instance of the complexity of the visual-verbal relationship. Bush helped set the language in place. Nor was it the language first used by the national press to describe Horton's actions.