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...riots like a crown of thorns, invoking them again and again as proof of his worst fears about America. On Now I Gotta Wet 'Cha, he goes after the white cops in the Rodney King episode: "Those devils can beat up a motorist/ And get nothing but a slap on the wrist/ Gorillas, gorillas/ Report to the mist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look Back In Anger | 12/28/1992 | See Source »

...name of the game is to stay ahead of Clinton's proposal to raise the top tax rate from 31% to 36% for individuals with an adjusted gross income of $150,000 or more a year and for families earning at least $200,000. Clinton also wants to slap a 10% surtax on income of $1 million or more. And to help curb runaway executive pay, the President-elect may try to bar companies from deducting more than $1 million of an officer's compensation from corporate taxes, which was Disney's biggest worry. Clinton plans to use the money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rushing To Beat the Taxman | 12/14/1992 | See Source »

...they decide to wait, the allegations could go unexamined until next spring, by which time Packwood will be well into his 25th year as a United States senator. Furthermore, given the recent history of Senate Ethics Commmittee investigations, Packwood is unlikely to receive more than a slap on the wrist even then...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Good Politics, Poor Behavior | 12/12/1992 | See Source »

...fact that they wouldn't hire me after Igraduated is a slap in the face," Blanc said...

Author: By Alex B. Livingston, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Private School Chastised for Hiring Policy | 12/3/1992 | See Source »

...torture that parents inflict. When he went on trial for murder last August in Olympia, Washington, Israel Marquez, 17, recited a litany of abuse that began when he was seven years old. His stepfather, a deputy sheriff and martial-arts expert, liked to punch him in the chest and slap him on the head. When he went through a bed-wetting period between the ages of seven and 12, the stepfather beat him with a 2-in.-wide belt. After hearing the boy's tale, the jury found Marquez guilty of the reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter. He is expected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Kids Kill Abusive Parents | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

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