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...focus the story. One was the brutal murder in Chicago last year of a black high school basketball star, Ben Wilson, by two youths who seemed to have no motive at all. The other was the incredible burst of support from black New Yorkers for Bernhard Goetz, the white subway vigilante. He was a lightning rod for the fears that many blacks have of their own violent young...
...last month, major league baseball was headed for a banner year, drawing more fans than ever before. Three of the four divisions were locked in supertight races with 30 or so games remaining. Baseball's two biggest markets each had a pair of contenders: New Yorkers dreamed of a Subway Series between the Mets and Yankees, while Los Angelenos fantasized about a Freeway Free-for-All between the Dodgers and Angels. Cincinnati's Pete Rose was closing in on one of the game's most cherished records, Ty Cobb's standard of 4,191 base hits; as the weekend began...
...proportionate number of the crimes that evoke the most fear." This fear is felt by all Americans, but the anxiety felt by blacks is more intense, more pervasive, more real, for they are the ones who suffer most from violence. The white fear of black violence, recently personified by Subway Vigilante Bernhard Goetz, does not reflect reality: only 5% of the nation's 11,300 one-on-one slayings in 1983 involved whites killed by blacks...
...money without hurting anybody. Now the kids brag about hurting their victims." Danny claims that he has never backed down from a fight in his life, but he is skittish about this new generation. A group of teenagers recently demanded money from him while he waited for the subway. He forked it over. "I ain't scared," he says. "But I ain't crazy either...
...Fenway: A medium-long walk down the Charles towards Boston, Fenway can also be reached by the subway (Kenmore stop) or by taking a bus from the Square...