Word: thugs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...again falls back on a vintage rhythm that could have come from one of LL's early records. "I don't strive to be on the cutting edge of hip- hop," he admits. The song Phenomenon tries to deflate the gangsta mythology, asking, "Does she want a thug/ Or does she want real love?" Then there's Candy, which LL describes as "a celebration of being with a woman and starting a family." Two years ago, he married Simone Johnson, the mother of his three children...
...United States embellished by no less than a 21-gun salute and welcoming ceremonies with President Clinton on the South Lawn of the White House. I implore Harvard, scheduled as a stop on Jiang's itinerary, not to forget that Jiang is the official head of the thug government which killed and imprisoned thousands of peaceful demonstrators, many of them students, in and around Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989, a day that will live in infamy...
...police work: the character of criminals. Because law-enforcement officers routinely deal with people who are brutal and do not respond to sweet persuasion, the police must use force. Sadly, the only logic many criminals understand is the big stick. Thus to handcuff the police is to liberate the thug. Of course, there is no excuse for the extreme brutalization of a Haitian immigrant at Brooklyn's 70th Precinct, but a citizen like me has far more chance of being viciously attacked by a hoodlum than by a rogue cop. I would rather take the risk and let the police...
DIED. AKIL AL-JUNDI, 56, onetime Harlem street thug who was the lead plaintiff in a class-action lodged by mistreated Attica prisoners and who later became a passionate and respected legal advocate for young criminals; of complications from diabetes; in New York City...
...biggest event of all time," and while it may not have been that, it was a classic rematch between the good Holyfield, who wore the biblical inscription PHIL. 4: 13 on his trunks, and the bad Tyson, who sought guidance before the fight at the gravesite of legendary thug Sonny Liston. Even after his prison term for rape and his subsequent exposure as an ordinary fighter, Tyson still fascinates the public, which is why SPORTS ILLUSTRATED elected to put him and not Holyfield on the cover the week before the fight. Indeed, Tyson was a 2-to-1 favorite...