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...other hand, Wall Street crooks -- almost all white -- have a lock on high-class felonies that pay off big with minimum risk. Some of them have managed to steal millions, hire expensive lawyers, make deals with the government to squeal on their co-conspirators, and get off with no more than a fine and community service. The few who actually go to jail serve their terms in relatively comfortable minimum-security prisons, get out early for good behavior and are often left with fortunes. Former junk-bond baron Michael Milken served only two years of a 10-year sentence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Civil Right | 6/13/1994 | See Source »

...they might not win the Cup and New Yorkers realize that. However, if you followed the words of Mr. Shaughnessy, who also happened to trash the city of St. Louis when he though they would steal the New England Patriots (zero Super Bowl wins), you would think all New Yorkers were talking about the Rangers as already having...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: Drubbing the Hub | 5/18/1994 | See Source »

...wild card in the mix is Colin Powell. The former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has been writing a book, making carefully chosen speaking engagements and keeping his profile low. Top G.O.P. operatives fantasize out loud about a Powell run, knowing the former general would steal votes from Clinton's thin base of minorities, women and trade unionists. "If Powell wanted the nomination," said a G.O.P. strategist, "he probably could get it." No one is saying that about Dan Quayle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Not-So-Hot Potato | 5/9/1994 | See Source »

...began. This story began when he dropped his thesis in the grate. And what made him do that? It was his cockiness. He is a bit compulsive, as one of them says. Moira's telling him wait until morning. What, do you think someone's gonna come in and steal it? I mean, your arrogance about the importance of these pages that it can't wait until morning. His arrogance when he turns around to her and says, "Face it, Courtney, you just can't keep up with me. I didn't ask you to come along...

Author: By Daniel J. Sharfstein, | Title: Moira Muses, Patrick Parties and Alek Waxes Floppy | 5/5/1994 | See Source »

Recent sting operations have slowed the Silicon Valley heists a bit but have shown few signs of stopping them. In campaigns with code names such as "Operation Gray Chip" and "Winter Sting," law-enforcement officers rounded up 43 suspects in January, including 13 who were caught while trying to steal more than $1 million worth of computer parts from an electronics warehouse. Officers seized a total of $2 million worth of chips and other computer equipment, together with nylon masks, duct tape, ropes, gloves, walkie-talkies and five loaded guns. But while 20 suspects were swiftly tried and convicted, most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Chips Or Your Life! | 5/2/1994 | See Source »

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