Word: ganging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...City. After hundreds of the would-be immigrants jumped overboard into chill waters in an attempt to swim ashore, about 285 were treated and released into the custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, which will decide whether the immigrants should be returned to China. Police said a Chinese gang operating in lower Manhattan organized the nightmarish 17,000-mile voyage of the Golden Venture with the intention of collecting a fee of around $30,000 a head...
...Cliffhanger for realism; we're there for the cliffhanging, and there's plenty of it. What gets Stallone up on the rocks is a rescue call from a downed private jet whose passengers are a vicious gang of thieves led by John Lithgow. They've just screwed up the hijacking of another plane carrying $100 million in thousand-dollar bills, which are now scattered all over the dangerous landscape. So Sly and his friends have to worry about psychotically wielded weapons as well as their foot- and handholds. This makes for reasonably good fun. Director Harlin's only large mistake...
...than a third of 15-year-old boys have had sexual intercourse, as have 27% of 15-year-old girls -- up from 19% in 1982. Among sexually active teenage girls, 61% have had multiple partners, up from 38% in 1971. Among boys, incidents like the score-keeping Spur Posse gang in California and the sexual-assault convictions of the Glen Ridge, New Jersey, jock stars suggest that whatever is being taught, responsible sexuality isn't being learned...
...Ricans. After four days of negotiations, they bagged $150,000 in ransom and released their hostages, only to be captured by authorities, who tricked them into giving up their arms in exchange for the promise of safe passage to Guatemala. In a note left behind in the courthouse, the gang's leader said he needed the money to treat his cirrhotic liver. "Forgive me, Costa Rica," he wrote...
Hold on. One farewell at a time. The Seinfeld gang may be the hottest in TV comedy right now, but they are hardly the type to horn in on somebody else's celebration. And Cheers, as everybody knows, is the show saying the lavish goodbyes this month: only three more episodes left, culminating in a 90-minute finale on May 20 in which Shelley Long (who left after the fifth season) returns as Diane Chambers. And the festivities don't end there. Preceding the last show will be a 30-minute special featuring clips from past seasons. Following...