It is difficult to specifically teach what you will need to know about movie conversations because every movie will require different words and sentences.

The men advocate changing the state law requiring long sentences for small-time drug offenders, which they say hurts members of minority groups.

Television requires windy sentences like those to punctuate the program and prepare the audience for a change of imagery.

The giidelines, which went into effect on Nov. 1, 1987, require longer minimum sentences and no parole, even for first offenders.

Some styles, such as the "telegraphic" style, do not require complete and grammatically correct sentences; others do.

Legislation that requires extremely long sentences for drug and some other crimes is a political phenomenon of the last 25 years or so.

The old law required 20-year sentences for possession of at least three grams of cocaine.

The law requires mandatory minimum sentences for the most violent felonies.

The code required minimum sentences for many serious crimes and also tightened the rules governing parole.

The laws, which are the primary cause of a 500 percent increase in the state's prison population, require long sentences for drug offenses.