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Steedly said these images of the "masculine, aggressive monster" lend legitimacy to the alleged actions of such public figures as Clarence Thomas, Michael Tyson and William Kennedy Smith...
Some skeptics wonder whether the inactivity might reflect Clinton's friendship with poultry baron Don Tyson, chairman of mammoth (annual sales: $4 billion) Tyson Foods, the state's largest business employer. Tyson and his family have contributed heavily to Clinton's campaigns and provided free transportation to the Governor and his wife in company planes -- an example of the frequent chumminess between Southern Governors and major industrialists. Environmentalists generally doubt that any crude payoff is involved. They think Clinton genuinely -- though in their view, mistakenly -- fears that strict environmental regulation will cost the state badly needed employment. Says Tom cKinney...
...straight to jail: Mike Tyson is sentenced to six years...
...guilty of this crime," Tyson said before sentencing. "I didn't rape anyone. I didn't hurt anyone -- no black eyes, no broken ribs. When I'm in the ring, I break their ribs; I break their jaws. To me, that's hurting someone." Saying this, he hurt himself. The judge, convinced that Tyson showed so little understanding of his actions that he was in danger of repeating them, could hardly prescribe leniency. Tyson will now have some time to reconsider...
...commissioner Fay Vincent, that they are not speaking to the fans, and "the fans own the game." But fans also think they own the athlete; it makes them possessive and protective. Some are suspicious of women -- sports groupies -- who sue wealthy athletes. Outside the Indiana courthouse last week, a Tyson admirer carried the sign ANOTHER GOLD DIGGER PREYS ON IRON MIKE. Other fans, who are sympathetic to women's issues, simply will not be deprived of the winners who for all their sins give sport its snap and thrill. Can we forget this seamy stuff, the fans plead...