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Know that today I am free. Know that since then I have fucked dead men for less. Know that today your blood thins in the fists of our children, lets them burn in the summertime, and keeps them working in the houses among women...

Author: By Kelly A. E. mason, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Poet Who Is Wary of the 'Burden of Representation' | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

Worse, perhaps, because of what hasn't changed in 25 years. The class of'67 watched Watts burn the summer after its sophomore year, only to watch South Central burn just a month before its return to Cambridge this week. The Black underclass--like all people living in poverty in America--is now poorer, less educated and more likely to commit crime than 25 years...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: Summers of Hate | 6/1/1992 | See Source »

With hard-core rappers Ice-T and Ice Cube as stars and plenty of shoot-'em-up, burn-'em-up action, Universal Pictures' The Looters seemed certain to be one of this summer's box-office winners. But that was before the Rodney King verdict brought real flames and gunshots onto the nation's TV screens. The project, officially described as an "urban suspense adventure," will eventually be renamed and postponed, a decision that "didn't take any grand marketing meeting," said one Universal executive last week. "It was already decided by Monday morning when we all came back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cooling Off on a Hot Property | 5/18/1992 | See Source »

...Jordan, whom Coleman charges with inadequate preparation. The case remained in Grundy, the seat of Buchanan County. After the trial, one of Coleman's appeals would be based on a report that a juror had allegedly announced that he hoped to be seated on the jury so he could "burn the s.o.b." The juror has denied making the statement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roger Keith Coleman: Must This Man Die? | 5/18/1992 | See Source »

Even a non-smoker expects to find cigarette fumes in the hallways and conference rooms where the lawyers huddle with clients. The non-smoker expects to have the throat irritated and the nose burn. There is something unsettling about a courthouse that does not run on nicotene...

Author: By William H. Bachman, | Title: CRIMINAL BUSINESS | 5/15/1992 | See Source »

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