Word: wising
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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When Kevin Richardson, 16, was pronounced guilty of attempted murder and rape, his mother fainted. As Kharey Wise, 18, was being led out of the courtroom after being convicted of sexual abuse, riot and assault, he yelled at Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Lederer, "You bitch! You'll pay for this!" Black spectators shouted, "White justice...
...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...
...risky business. The latest word follows that depressing pattern: researchers announced that the chances of developing colon cancer appear to rise almost in direct proportion to the amount of red meat and animal fat that people consume. That left fearful Americans grappling with the question: Is it wise to eat any red meat...
...FOOL AND THE FISH by Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev (Dial; $12.95). Ivan is that classic Russian archetype, the wise idiot. When he catches a talking pike, it strikes a bargain: if Ivan casts it back into the icy water, his every wish will be granted. The result is riches, fame -- and problems. Gennady Spirin's paintings exhibit the palette of Russian icons and the surreal quality of Bruegel landscapes...
...exists out of time -- out of the present cramped time, certainly -- in the any-year of a child's imagination. That child could be the little girl to whom the grandmotherly Ryder tells Edward's story nearly a lifetime after it took place. Or it could be Burton, a wise child and a wily inventor, who has created one of the brightest, bittersweetest fables of this or any-year...