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...that were the case, Schlup would have little or no hope. He was never an angel. After stealing a neighbor's truck on a prank, Schlup, high on insecticide spray, beat up and raped a fellow inmate at the county jail. "I can't tell you why it happened. There's no excuse for what I did," he said. Sentenced to 14 years' hard labor at Jefferson City, the state's maximum- security prison, Schlup slashed a predatory cellmate in a fight over sex and was sentenced to life in prison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Invitation to an Execution | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

...country where rumors and braggadocio provide the only diversion from the steady spray of bullets, the truth of such talk is hard to gauge. So, too, are the claims of a cast of shadowy players, some of them veterans of previous U.S. capers in the region, who are lending their skills to the Haitian military's attempt to form a "reconciliation government." But plainly something is afoot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: With Friends Like These | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

...much hyped premiere of Late Show with David Letterman included Tom Brokaw grabbing cue cards, Bill Murray spray-painting furniture and Paul Newman looking for singing cats. It was all very gratifying to CBS executives, , especially after they saw the resulting numbers. Letterman's show delivered a huge 32% audience share the first night and 25% the next night. On Tuesday night, Jay Leno's Tonight Show tumbled to an all-time nonrepeat low rating of 3.5 with a 10% share. Advertisers are snapping up Late Show time, and on Wednesday CBS's stock leaped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Digest August 29-September 4 | 9/13/1993 | See Source »

...screwdriver, pull the glass back with his bare hands, unlock the door and slither inside. Next, he used the screwdriver to break the steering column and turn on the ignition. Popular antitheft devices like The Club, which locks a steering wheel in place, never deterred him. Most thieves spray The Club with Freon and crack it with a hammer. Wills would snip it in half with a ratchet-type tool. "He said he preferred GM cars," says agent Stott. "I think he was probably just more familiar with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Car Thief At Large | 8/16/1993 | See Source »

...Angeles police and FBI agents arrested eight white supremacists who they say planned to assassinate Rodney King and other well-known black figures. According to police, the men also plotted to bomb one of the city's prominent black churches and spray its congregation with machine-gun fire. Several of those arrested belong to groups preaching racial war, including the Fourth Reich Skinheads and the White Aryan Resistance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Digest July 11-17 | 7/26/1993 | See Source »

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