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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What is there not to like about an evil genius with a taste for human sweetbreads and absolutely no morning-after guilt, or indigestion, about slaking his hunger? Particularly, it must be added, when such a monster is securely incarcerated in the dank basement of a Baltimore, Md., mental institution for the rest of his life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dessert, Anyone? | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...killers in most of the deaths; this seems to indicate that they were merely taunting their victims. The final testimony of the students to their faith is compelling, but it is not martyrdom, and we distort the true meaning of the word by misusing it. KENNETH G. OLTHOFF Linthicum, Md...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 21, 1999 | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...level-6 thunderstorm. The plane and its human cargo--139 passengers and six crew members--were being tossed around by winds up to 80 m.p.h. And in the cockpit, the pilot and co-pilot were getting two separate wind-shear alerts. When the wheels of the twin-engine Super MD-80 finally touched down, it was on a runway made slick by heavy rain and marble-size hail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skidding To Disaster | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...Katz, a candidate for mayor in Philadelphia, makes a living arranging financing for new stadiums around the country. They've provided a boost to the municipal psyche in places like Baltimore, Md., and Cleveland, Ohio, he says. But from an economic standpoint, he admits, "I don't think you can make a good case for the level of subsidy that's gone into professional sports in this country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money For Stadiums But Not For Schools | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...born in Baltimore, Md., in 1908, when it was still a sleepy Southern town, and he attended its segregated schools. After graduating from Howard Law School--the University of Maryland's law school didn't admit blacks--Marshall hung up a shingle in his hometown and did volunteer legal work for the local N.A.A.C.P. One of his early cases challenged pay gaps in education--black elementary school teachers in Maryland earned $621 a year, while white janitors made $960. Marshall's mother was one of those underpaid teachers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thurgood Marshall: The Brain Of The Civil Rights Movement | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

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