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...bathroom at a park in Beverly Hills. It did not go well. The audience was an undercover cop who not only didn't recognize the singer but also arrested him for performing a "lewd act." To add insult to arrest, Michael had to suffer the advice of his frequent taunter Boy George, who wrote in a tab: "When push comes to shove, we are sisters under the skin." Boy was right. On Friday night Michael expressed regret for the embarrassing incident and admitted on CNN that he is in a relationship with a man. Asked why he was outing himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 20, 1998 | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

...with Duran, wheeled around the ring in high gear this time, sticking the Panamanian with flicking left jabs and evading his head-on charges. By the seventh round, Leonard was so in control of the fight that he turned the tables on Duran and became the taunter. He windmilled his left arm until Duran was mesmerized, then tagged him with his right-a classic sucker punch. Leonard dropped his arms and leaned forward to stick his face out, daring the hardest slugger in the game to hit him. Duran tried, but too many of his punches fell short. Said Leonard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: iNo M | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

...Riggs had no such confidence. He had tuned into the public eye as taunter of the Cause, and his mouth put him treacherously far out onto the line. The chauvinist pitch was only his means to exploit the public temper. So he sloganeered like a mechanical mouthpiece,. or the little kid who recites what he's heard from his parents' discussions -- not because he understands the import of the phrase, but because he'd seen it trigger an excitement...

Author: By Emily Fisher, | Title: The Sugar Daddy Won't Last All Day | 9/25/1973 | See Source »

With placid dignity the Christian Science Board of Directors of Boston last week took notice of the taunter and said in the Christian Science Sentinel?:"Because of aggressive propaganda, apparently circulated to discredit Mrs. Eddy and to induce belief that she abandoned her own teaching ... we deem it timely to make the following statement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Mother, Parent & Drugs | 2/4/1929 | See Source »

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