Word: arms
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...Thomas R., an 18-year-old former member of a Crip set in Los Angeles who just said no to his fellow gang members last April. "They did me pretty bad," he says softly. Bad meaning a broken arm, a broken wrist, two teeth knocked out, lots of cigarette burns on his face and a few dozen bruises, which really isn't too bad for the Crips. But Thomas cautions, "You bet they ain't done with...
...filled with gang members," he says. "Aw, man, it was awful. That guy was unconscious after just a few feet." Hernandez doesn't shy from violence easily. In his seven-year career, he's been shot in the stomach, hit in the head with a railroad tie, had his arm broken in a fight, absorbed countless punches, and been jailed twice for auto theft -- not to mention all the unspeakable things he's done to other people. Last May he told his fellow gang members he had finally had enough. His former friends promptly jumped and beat him, stabbing...
...late night, disses Leno for unspecified crimes against him. The two shows' staffs charge each other with demanding first dibs on the most desirable stars. Dennis Miller, whose talk show was canceled after six months of low ratings and C-list guests, blames The Tonight Show for strong-arm booking tactics. David Letterman, NBC's later- night wit who couldn't conceal his chagrin at being snubbed for Johnny Carson's job, now has other networks and syndicators strewing his restless passage with blank checks. NBC has already retained Saturday Night Live's Dana Carvey as Letterman's potential replacement...
Only now is Italy beginning to acquire some of these tools. The strong-arm tactics of the Fascists, who disregarded constitutional rights and democratic principles to jail suspected mobsters, succeeded in quashing the Mob for a time. But memories of that dictatorship left Italy with a postwar constitution designed to prevent strong government. After Falcone's death in May, Rome issued decrees to punish Mob suspects who refuse to cooperate and gave police expanded powers to make arrests. Last week the Senate converted some of those into law. Borsellino's murder has stirred calls for martial law and a return...
Gore, however, has grown in political skill and public approval, while Quayle has not -- as both men demonstrated vividly last week. Campaigning arm in arm with Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton on a triumphant bus tour that attracted enthusiastic crowds through the Midwest, Gore managed to excite voters as he seldom did during the 1988 primaries. He deftly fielded questions, deferred to Clinton, turned back attacks from the Bush campaign and provided a remarkably effective complement to his running mate's considerable campaign skills. "Both of the Democratic candidates are young and smart," grumbled a depressed Bush-Quayle campaign official...