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Rape victim. Marauder. Murderer. Superstar! Phoolan Devi, an outcast Hindu woman, became a folk hero as head of a band of outlaws preying on India's corrupt alite. Part Joan of Arc, part Ma Barker, on Feb. 14, 1981, she staged her own St. Valentine's Day massacre, leading the slaughter of 22 villagers she suspected of aiding her enemies. Yet her surrender, in 1983, was on her own terms, to the cheers of 10,000 supporters. On her release from prison last year, three political parties asked her to run for office...
Part Joan of Arc, part Ma Barker, Phoolan Devi in the early 1980's became a folk hero as head of a band of outlaws preying on India's corrupt elite. Her movie bio, saysTIME's Richard Corliss, "has an Indian heart but a Hollywood pulse; an assaultive experience, blistering with ripe obscenities, the frontal nudity of its star and three stark scenes in which Phoolan is raped --- enough to have the film banned 10 times over in a country where a bare shoulder can send the censors frothing." "Bandit Queen" was indeed banned in India, but for what director...
...only bright spots. Sophomore forward Kyle Snowden led the team in scoring and rebounding and was a second-team All-Ivy selection. Also, senior Dan Morris and captain Jared Leake were first and second in the Ivies in steals. Gilmore shot above 30 percent from behind the three-point arc. Sophomore Dave Demian, freshman Paul Fisher and freshman Mike Scott had impressive rookie campaigns...
...powerful that even his enemies are eager to cut deals with him. Now he wants more, a piece of all the action-the bills people pay, the phone calls they make, the news they read, the TV they watch. But he may have reached that point in the arc of his success where the very qualities that raised him high could start to drag him down...
...classic counter-oppo fashion, Wilson hoped to extinguish the story quickly by making amends fast, rushing the Treasury a check for back taxes and late penalties. Though the story was embarrassing, its brief arc pleased campaign aides. By week's end Wilson's new campaign manager, Craig Fuller, was praising his boss for bravely tackling the issue "head...