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Even worse, drugs--and the inner-city gangs they support--kill innocent victims, such as nine-year-old Tiffany Moore, who was gunned down as she sat on a mailbox early one August evening last year. The girl's only crime was sitting in the middle of a gang war near Humboldt Avenue in Roxbury...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: Joining the War on Drugs | 9/26/1989 | See Source »

...nonincumbent black candidate in a mayoral primary in any major city. Dinkins' victory was widely credited to his quiet, conciliatory manner, which many voters hope can heal the racial tensions in a city shaken by several racial incidents, most recently the murder of a black teenager by a gang of Brooklyn whites. "You gave this city something special," Dinkins told his cheering supporters last week. "You voted your hopes and not your fears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hope, Not Fear | 9/25/1989 | See Source »

...when a Black youth was killed allegedly by a gang of white teenagers in the predominantly white Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, everyone was shocked, but no one seemed really surprised...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Healing the Wounds of New York | 9/20/1989 | See Source »

Manna, who also sits on the "Gang of Eight" that is now handling employee grievances, says the contract will be finalized and signed "within the next couple of weeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Labor's Odd Couple Forges a Contract Compromise | 9/15/1989 | See Source »

Manna, who also sits on the "Gang of Eight" that is now handling employee grievances, says the contract will be finalized and signed "within the next couple of weeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Labor's Odd Couple Forges a Contract Compromise | 9/13/1989 | See Source »

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