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...attack won him a year's suspension--and the services of Johnnie Cochran. Now the streets are filled with cries of "Free Spree!" And the coach, who is no more a psycho Patton than Bobby Knight or Woody Hayes, must be wondering how an assault victim could become the perp. Advice to P.J.: This is hardball. Press charges...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TOP SPORTS OF 1997 | 12/29/1997 | See Source »

There is, in fact, nothing to prevent such guest appearances from people who have their professional credentials from another show. If that perp on Law & Order who's trying to confess is ignored by Detective Briscoe, what if Detective Sipowicz walked in and gave him a couple of quick whacks to focus his attention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

...perp confesses, would that leave Assistant District Attorney Jack McCoy with nothing to do? No. Because the Law & Order detectives, unaccustomed to Sipowicz's interrogation techniques, would arrest him for police brutality. Sipowicz would know enough to clam up and call a lawyer. Finally a suspect from NYPD Blue would go to trial...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

...Little Rock Whitewater trial falls into enemy hands. It was videotaped over the weekend at the White House, with all presidential atmospherics forbidden. Floyd Brown, author of George Bush's infamous Willie Horton ads, is salivating; he is threatening to sue to get the footage. Only a perp walk and an orange jumpsuit could excite Republicans more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WASHINGTON DIARY: STARR WARS | 5/6/1996 | See Source »

...kind of perp to spend his time in the joint pumping iron or tattooing his knuckles, traitor ALDRICH AMES has hit the books instead. Alas, WILLIAM SAFIRE's new novel, Sleeper Spy, was not to the former CIA man's liking; it so irked him that he knocked out a review. The Hill, a congressional weekly, heard that the review was circulating and, given Ames' unique body of knowledge, offered to publish it (for no fee). "Safire uses heavy-duty cardboard for his characters," writes Ames, adding that the plot is "preposterous." But Safire isn't hurt. "It's always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 11, 1995 | 12/11/1995 | See Source »

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