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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...long and bitter fight, Jovanovich prevailed by recapitalizing HBJ with nearly $3 billion in debt, a large chunk of it in junk bonds. Maxwell, who called Jovanovich "a dumb Croat coal miner" who "killed" the company, has offered to buy some assets. "Maxwell is twisting the knife, and I think it really hurts Bill," says one HBJ insider...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Debt Topples | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

...peaceful, harmless burglary. The main reason is that Joe belongs in jail, feels comfortable there. Not secure, understand, because dope selling in the lockup is even tougher than it is on the streets. Everyone there is a villain, and every villain has at least a shank, a homemade knife. Black and Aryan gangs feud murderously. Studs and lovers brutalize each other. And Joe, of course, misses Kitty Litter, his stripper girlfriend. But he is an outcast, and jail is where, when you go there, they have to take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Jailhouse Blues | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

...Rape isn't always between strangers. It isn'talways in bushes or along streets at night. Itisn't always at the point of a knife," Fishersaid...

Author: By Joshua A. Gerstein, | Title: Watkins Rape Case Goes to Jury | 5/9/1990 | See Source »

...counters had too little time to cover too much territory. Among places they skipped: subway tunnels, rooftops, and the many dangerous corners where the homeless may hide. Their caution was well advised. Shots rang out as census takers approached one building in Brooklyn, and two counters were robbed at knife-point in Florida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Census: People Who Count | 4/2/1990 | See Source »

...only real problem with the acting, or more appropriately, with the direction, is a tendency towards too much chaos--it gets a little ridiculous near the end of the play when the entire cast is stampeding across the stage to escape from the knife-wielding Antipholus of Syracuse...

Author: By Yuko Miyazaki, | Title: Comic Confusion Abounds: | 3/16/1990 | See Source »

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