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DEEP in the nation's heartland, Overland Park, Kansas to be exact, there lurks a raging beast. A man who speaks up when other boxers only quake in fear. A man who openly challenges Mike Tyson, the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Challenging the Champ | 7/1/1988 | See Source »

...into a fugitive. Nothing could have made the trio happier than the spectacle of police charging into the Ebenezer Baptist Church to capture her. Sharpton, 33, a minister-at-large with a rock-star haircut and a vituperative style, gave voice to their fantasy. "Show the nation the moral beast you are," he challenged the attorney general. "Come through these doors and arrest her." But police made no moves at Ebenezer church or the Brooklyn church to which the mother later shifted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tawana Brawley: Case vs. Cause | 6/20/1988 | See Source »

Prince brings in his recurring concept of God (under the allegorical guise of "Lovesexy,") and pits Him against the Devil ("Boogie Electric"). The overall message, especially in the song "Positivity," is thinly veiled--"Don't kiss the beast...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Prince Gets Off On Love, Sex, and Funk | 5/25/1988 | See Source »

...spectators a close-up of the snake's satiny pink mouth, its curved fangs, black tongue. When Kelly Head, 19, the new Miss Snake Charmer, gets into the demonstration pit with Bill Ransberger, the snake handler, and picks up a snake, her hands shake a little. "Beauty and the beast," pronounces Ransberger, as the audience & applauds. "I always look for a little cold snake with no others around," she confides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: A Local Spring Rite | 5/23/1988 | See Source »

...less to students) over matters that they believe to fall within their legitimate province. Hiring and promotion are two such matters. If I recall correctly, even getting the departments to raise the priority of recruiting minority graduate students proved a daunting task to those administrators charged with prodding the beast back in the 1970s...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minority | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

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