Word: crimed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...onetime Boy Scout and A student, Bundy seemed headed for a sterling career in Republican politics in Washington State and even served as assistant director of the Seattle Crime Prevention Advisory Committee. Perversely, he was the author of a pamphlet instructing women on rape prevention...
...society increasingly fascinated with violent crime, the Ted Bundy story captured the public imagination. Five books and a television mini-series were produced about the boy-next-door killer. With network-TV broadcasts of the murderer's last interview and scenes of crowds gathered outside the penitentiary, even his execution became a media circus. Whether Bundy intended it or not, his final encounter with death renewed his nightmarish grip on the nation's attention...
...rose to become the reputed boss of New York City's Gambino crime family, John (Big John) Gotti survived a planned rubout by rival mobsters, a four-year prison term for attempted manslaughter, and a sensational eight-month trial in 1987 that led to his acquittal on racketeering charges. Last week he confronted what prosecutors claim to be the most formidable charges brought against the dapper reputed gangster since a murder indictment 15 years ago. Gotti claims he makes his living as a salesman for a plumbing company...
...convenience store and a fast-food outlet in that north Texas city. Police also note apprehensively a tendency among all types of criminals not just to carry guns but to use them rather than submit to arrest. Says Houston Police Officer Al Baker: "Just about everybody committing a crime has a gun. Not cheap Saturday-night specials, but guns they can count on. And they're willing to shoot it out rather than go to jail...
...very bold step--many papers adopted such a policy long ago. It didn't signal the end of sexism at a building which has long been accused of the crime. Clearly, the change is of much less significance than the election of The Crimson's first woman president nearly a decade...