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Chandler said that the case--placed in the context of increasing gang shootings and calls for more police action--also warranted attention because the murder seemed to epitomize the burgeoning problem of violence in Boston...

Author: By Jonathan M. Berlin, | Title: Editors Discuss Stuart Case | 2/14/1990 | See Source »

...life group won national notoriety by organizing blockades of abortion clinics around the country. Terry, convicted on misdemeanor charges of trespassing during a 1988 Atlanta-clinic protest, announced the closing last week upon his release from a Georgia prison, where he spent four months on a chain gang. The group buckled, he says, under the weight of a $50,000 lawsuit filed by the National Organization for Women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Abortion: Rescue Bails Out | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

...anger is not unjustified," said Walsh. "There are two different groups in this council, one of five and one of four, and a gang of five is not going to cut off the minority opinion...

Author: By Michael P. Mann, | Title: Walsh Acts to Disrupt Council | 2/6/1990 | See Source »

...face an even greater escalation of bloodshed. The growing popularity of military-style assault weapons could turn our streets into combat zones. Assault weapons, designed solely to mow down human beings, are turning up at an alarming rate in the hands of those most prone to violence -- drug dealers, gang members, hate groups and the mentally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: . . . And the Case Against Them | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

...depth briefing" of Bush by his senior aides, says a participant. The President was especially infuriated to hear details of the incident in which an American Navy lieutenant was pulled out of a car and beaten by Panama Defense Forces soldiers while his wife was threatened with gang rape. "Enough is enough," said Bush. "This guy ((Noriega)) is not going to lay off. It will only get worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Showing Muscle | 1/1/1990 | See Source »

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