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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cannot focus your rage against an evil that is universal. You deepen your sadness with stories--think back to the Leopold-Loeb case in 1924, for example. Everyone in America wanted to hang those two in Chicago for murdering 14-year-old Bobby Franks as a sort of Nietzschean thrill; Clarence Darrow, with a magnificent speech against the death penalty, got the idiots off with life imprisonment. Nathan Leopold was released in 1958 and lived to the age of 66, strolling upon a beach in Puerto Rico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BOY DIES IN THE '90S | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

...Understandably excluded from Hendrix's studio albums because of its outlandishness, "Stars" nevertheless has an enjoyable verse and absolutely scorching guitar work--perhaps the most intense-sounding of any Hendrix studio recording. Enhanced by special effects pedals, his amplifier seems ready to explode any second. "Stars" is certainly a thrill ride not to be missed...

Author: By Abraham J. Wu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Curious Mix of Mauve Haze | 10/17/1997 | See Source »

...People come up to me and say 'I've always wanted to be on Jeopardy!,'" she says. "So now it's cool that there is another way to experience the thrill of competing on Jeopardy...

Author: By Rachel K. Sobel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Online Game May Be in Jeopardy! | 10/14/1997 | See Source »

...need the thrill of a graphical environment, you can use a UNIX program called "tin" to access newsgroups. After logging in to your fas account, type "tin" at the prompt...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: Newsgroups Give Users Fresh Look | 9/30/1997 | See Source »

...enemy are not likely to gather intelligence and arrest the most serious criminals. Minorities in inner cities have a serious stake in eradicating drugs and guns. However, they will not support police operations if they feel that most cops are not serious professionals but hostile, narrow-minded thrill seekers. JOSEPH BALANCIER JR. Marina, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 22, 1997 | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

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