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...just a schoolboy, but representing his late father John Lennon at the Beatles' induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a decade ago, Sean Lennon bluntly reminded an audience, which included George Harrison and Ringo Starr, that his famous genes shouldn't be confused with real achievement. "I'm pretty proud to be up here," said 12-year-old Sean, "for basically doing nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Son Shines | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

...native of Westmount, Quebec, Fleiszer has been given the opportunity to return to the league the followed as a fan as a schoolboy...

Author: By Zachary T. Ball, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fleiszer Is CFL's Number One Man | 4/8/1998 | See Source »

Given all that, the real wonder may be that schoolboy massacres are still an aberration. But like crime generally, juvenile violence involving guns has actually been in decline since 1994. A downturn in the ultraviolent crack trade is one reason. Just two weeks ago, the National Center for Education Statistics, in a survey requested by President Clinton, found the incidence of serious crime in schools to be flat. In the past year, only 10% reported a rape, robbery or fight involving a weapon. But again, like crime generally, violent juvenile crime has stabilized at a rate that would have seemed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toward The Root Of The Evil | 4/6/1998 | See Source »

...says Schoolboy, "given how we lied on the probable cause, I'd say that almost all of our [2,233] arrests were bad. On the other hand, if we did everything by the book, crime would be up. Stealing the money was bad. No excuse for that, and none for the beatings either, especially when you have someone in cuffs. But frankly, I'm proud of the arrests. It may sound crazy, but what we did was kind of noble, I think. I mean, cops everywhere keep being told they're in a war. You're told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW COPS GO BAD | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

...finger his fellow officers. "A real cop would eat his gun before squealing" on other cops, says Blondie, but he did just that. As the driving force behind the corruption that brought down Five Squad, Blondie freely ratted on Chinaman and two others, and reluctantly on his sergeant, Schoolboy, as well. Impressed with the cooperation of Blondie and his confederates, the government urged leniency. In the future, the prosecutors argued, "other officers...may take their cue from the sentencings of cooperators." Unswayed, Federal Judge Robert Gawthrop slammed the cops with the maximum mandated by the federal sentencing guidelines--and Blondie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOW COPS GO BAD | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

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