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...Eighteen year-old Tyrone Phoenix died at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday in Massachusetts General Hospital, po- lice said. Two passengers, Akida Johnson, 19,and Cory Lord, 18, were injured, while two othersin the car escaped unhurt...

Author: By Wendy M. Seltzer, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Driver Killed in Central Sq. | 11/30/1992 | See Source »

Part two of the Madonna's promotional bacchanalia is The Book, appropriately titled Sex. For regular readers of Playboy, Penthouse and Swank, the purchasing procedure for Sex will be remarkably familiar. The book is kept behind the counter, and you must provide positive identification to prove you're eighteen years or older, which entitles you to the privilege of laying down $50 for this piece of "erotica." The book is packaged in mylar (no peeking!), and once unwrapped, it cannot be returned--publisher's rules...

Author: By J.c. Herz, | Title: HIGH-BROW PORN: | 10/29/1992 | See Source »

Hawking can also be wrong. In 1985, for example, he brashly proclaimed that when and if the universe stopped expanding and began to contract, time would reverse and everything that had ever happened would be rerun in reverse. Eighteen months later, he sheepishly admitted his mistake. Earlier, after trashing another scientist's notion that the 19th century theory of thermodynamics could be applied to black-hole theory, he recanted and began applying it himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Einstein's Inspiring Heir | 6/8/1992 | See Source »

...wanted to get back to Boston and take a shower. a waited for the mile markers. Thirteen. Fourteen. Fifteen. I stopped at a Star Market and bought an apple and a candy bar for lunch. Sixteen. Seventeen. I passed the spot where I photographed the race two years ago. Eighteen. Nineteen. The hills started...

Author: By William H. Bachman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WALK-DO NOT RUN | 4/24/1992 | See Source »

Unfortunately, weak and piecemeal legislation enables many dubious practices to thrive. Only 17 states require guard companies to carry general liability insurance, and only 14 require any training for unarmed guards. Eighteen states have absolutely no training requirements -- even for those who carry guns -- and an astonishing 18 states allow convicted felons to be hired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Thugs in Uniform | 3/9/1992 | See Source »

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