Word: ganges
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...attack, in which the white woman while jogging was assaulted by a gang of black and Hispanic teenagers, roiled the city's already tense race relations. Black supporters of the youths charged that the media had hypocritically focused on this case while ignoring countless aggressions against nonwhite women. But the jurors -- four whites, four blacks, three Hispanics and one Asian -- insisted that they quickly discarded race as a factor in their 12 days of deliberations...
...arrival. And while partitions and signs did not hem in the Hamptons' liberty, crime and congestion eventually did. A family of four was killed when a gunman mistook their home for that of an enemy. Another neighbor, about three doors down, lost a son in a shooting, and rival gang members took revenge on the young man even after his death by riddling his coffin with bullets. The Hamptons' daughter had her car stolen, and police helicopters regularly buzzed their neighborhood...
Bostonians were doubly outraged last week at the news of a horrible crime. The first shock came when police arrested eight young gang members for the slaying of Kimberly Rae Harbour, 26, who had been raped, beaten and stabbed more than 100 times. The second occurred with the discovery that the murder had been committed a month ago during a Halloween wilding spree but had been hushed up by police...
...swift roundup of the gang on Nov. 19, 1988, Bennett was arrested in Tempe and Villabona in Malibu. Harris was already serving a sentence for attempted murder. Last May they and five associates were convicted on a federal charge of conspiracy to import cocaine. This week they face sentencing. Bennett and Villabona were expected to get life imprisonment without parole. For Bennett, the thrilling ride on the fast track is over. The millions he spent are merely memories. His houses and fancy cars were seized by federal agents...
CHEERS (NBC, Nov. 8, 9 p.m. EST). While The Simpsons and Cosby try to clobber each other, this hardy perennial has quietly passed them both and grabbed the No. 1 ratings spot. Tonight the barroom gang marks its 200th episode with an hour-long special featuring talk-show host John McLaughlin...