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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Oddly, there was some sympathy for the devil. Many African Americans, including many women, thought Tyson was a scapegoat for white fears in a white town (the original jury was one-quarter black, about the percentage in Marion County, Ind.) and Washington was either gold-digging or criminally naive. If she wasn't "asking for it" by joining Tyson in his hotel bedroom, she was at least asking for trouble. Even in Indianapolis, the judgment got mixed reviews. A local TV station asked viewers whether they agreed with the verdict; 60% said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law The Bad and the Beautiful | 2/24/1992 | See Source »

MILWAUKEE--Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to life in prison Monday after some relatives of his 15 victims called him a devil and he told the judge, "I know society will never be able to forgive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEWS BRIEFS | 2/18/1992 | See Source »

...Cantor Weisser, Larry Trapp once represented a white-cloaked devil to you. How does it feel to realize that he's basically a good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Cantor and the Klansman: WEISSER, TRAPP | 2/17/1992 | See Source »

...cover of Devil's Moon, by Suzannah Davis, demonstrates that the artist has not yet mastered the human expression: The woman's mouth is twisted in an ugly, contorted "O," and she's showing too many teeth. And the couple pictured on the cover of Lori Copeland's Passion's Captive are watched by white wolves in the midst of a snowy forest...where daisies are growing...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Understanding the Romance Novel | 2/13/1992 | See Source »

...attempt to reform the system or protect its victims involved negotiations with it. "I tried to use the opportunities I had to win more freedom at a time when I could not know that the Soviet empire would set us free," he said. "I would have met with the devil if it would have helped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fear And Betrayal | 2/3/1992 | See Source »

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