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When Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson makes a request, people listen. And if "Iron Mike" wants you to take a Bentley off his hands, what can you do? Tyson, who earned $10 million from his last fight, made just that request to two policemen who approached him after he had scratched his brand-new $183,000 silver Bentley in a New York City fender bender. "I've had nothing but bad luck and accidents with this car," the boxer said. "You guys take this car, and keep it." After some hesitation, the cops accepted. Unfortunately, police higher-ups heard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 23, 1988 | 5/23/1988 | See Source »

...Wile E. Coyote and Brutus go 15 rounds, that's a heck of a fight, more fun than watching Mike Tyson knock out outclassed opponent number 43 in the first round...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: In Search of Parity | 4/28/1988 | See Source »

...news hit the financial markets last week like a right cross from Heavyweight Champ Mike Tyson. An unexpected rise in the U.S. trade deficit ! knocked down the dollar against foreign currencies and sent the U.S. stock and bond markets reeling. Combined with an alarming surge in producer prices, the disappointing trade figure for February increased the odds that the Federal Reserve Board might feel compelled to raise interest rates to stabilize prices and defend the dollar. With that, the threat of a downturn -- and another stock-market crisis -- loomed once again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Punch in The Eye | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...like running for office in the Soviet Union. It was like being Mike Tyson. It was like running away with the Boston Marathon...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Just Like What it Was | 4/19/1988 | See Source »

...winding its way through the Wappingers Falls mystery in a human tapestry worthy of Tom Wolfe's novel The Bonfire of the Vanities. Comedian Bill Cosby and Edward Lewis, publisher of Essence magazine, teamed up to offer a $25,000 reward for information in the case. Boxing Champion Mike Tyson spent six hours with Brawley, during which, he said, they did not discuss what had happened; he did bestow his $30,000 diamond-studded Rolex watch upon her. Black Muslim Leader Louis Farrakhan flew in from Chicago to address busloads of protesters transported upstate from New York City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hullabaloo on The Hudson | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

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