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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...ended the second trial resulting from the vicious rape and nearly fatal beating of an investment banker in New York City's Central Park in 1989. Three juveniles were convicted of rape and assault last August. After the latest trial, Richardson faces a maximum sentence of 10 years. Wise, who was treated as an adult, could get up to 26. Their sentences will be pronounced on Jan. 9. A third trial, slated for next month, will determine the fate of the last alleged assailant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York City: Jogger Trial, Act II | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

...agents who burst into the Ravenite Social Club, a red brick Mob hangout in New York City's Little Italy, apparently surprised John Gotti. But true to his well-polished celebrity image, the alleged boss of the nation's largest and most vicious Mafia family quickly regained his composure. After he was pushed into a car in handcuffs, impeccably dressed as always (for this occasion, in a double-breasted pinstripe suit with a bright yellow scarf dangling rakishly from around his neck), the "Dapper Don" of tabloid fame grinned at reporters and dismissed his latest arrest with an airy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still The Teflon Don? | 12/24/1990 | See Source »

...year, the 'Poonsters took matters into their own hands. Jack Nicholson-like, they wielded fierce axes and began their cruel torture of the tree. In their criminal adrenaline frenzy, they inflicted cuts up to six inches deep. As sap slowly seeped from the defenseless victim, the 'Poonsters celebrated their vicious and cowardly victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stop the Vegicide | 12/12/1990 | See Source »

...editorial, The Crimson did speak back. While acknowledging that the Hitler comment was probably a fluke, The Crimson condemned the Review for its vicious and debasing approach to conservatism and traditional thought...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: Why Are `Good Men' Hard to Find? | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

BAXTER. A vicious bull terrier (who growls the narration) finally finds an owner meaner than he is. Jerome Boivin's minimalist French thriller is no carnival of canine violence. It rarely goes for the jugular, yet it drains the viewer bloodless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Nov. 26, 1990 | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

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