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- May 18, 1992: Grapevine
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- May 18, 1992 Roger Keith Coleman:Due to Die
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 17
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- <p>By SIDNEY URQUHART
- </p>
- <p> Cooling Off on a Hot Property
- </p>
- <p> With hard-core rappers Ice-T and Ice Cube as stars and
- plenty of shoot-'em-up, burn-'em-up action, Universal Pictures'
- The Looters seemed certain to be one of this summer's
- box-office winners. But that was before the Rodney King verdict
- brought real flames and gunshots onto the nation's TV screens.
- The project, officially described as an "urban suspense
- adventure," will eventually be renamed and postponed, a decision
- that "didn't take any grand marketing meeting," said one
- Universal executive last week. "It was already decided by Monday
- morning when we all came back to work. It was also clear that
- the name and the stars might make some people misconstrue the
- message."
- </p>
- <p> Guilty! Call My Agent!
- </p>
- <p> The Milwaukee judge who sentenced serial killer Jeffrey
- Dahmer to 15 consecutive life terms appears to be rushing from
- the bench to the word processor. According to a recent ad in
- Daily Variety, Laurence Gram's The Jeffrey Dahmer Case: A
- Judge's Perspective is in the works. And so is a film script
- titled The Jeffrey Dahmer Confessions, to be based on the
- judge's book but not written by him. "The judge doesn't want a
- horror picture per se," says agent Lew Breyer. "But I have
- written in one or two horror scenes that are horrific in
- describing one of the murders." While Gram says he will not
- pocket any profits from the book, New York University law
- professor Stephen Gillers points out that since judges are not
- bound by clear ethical guidelines, Gram "could keep every cent."
- Gillers, who teaches legal and judicial ethics, is "skeptical"
- of a sitting judge who might "view his or her docket as material
- for future popular exploitation."
- </p>
- <p> Goooood Morning, Ree-Oh!
- </p>
- <p> It takes a thief to catch a thief. Which is why an
- enterprising Rio broadcaster has signed up Ronald Biggs to
- dispense travel and safety advice to the thousands of delegates
- attending the Earth Summit next month. An alumnus of the
- legendary gang that heisted $7.3 million from a Glasgow-London
- mail train in 1963, Biggs has been a fugitive in Brazil for more
- than 20 years. He plans to counsel listeners on how to avoid the
- city's rampant street crime, and he may also throw in some
- practical tips to visitors on coddling a queasy stomach or
- dealing with recalcitrant taxi drivers. "Some people think it
- is in bad taste to allow a crook to do such a thing," said the
- former Great Train Robber, who hopes to meet soon with Rio
- police to discuss his radio debut on Eco Radio.
- </p>
- <p> How Did This Cookie Crumble?
- </p>
- <p> Before NASA's newest shuttle Endeavour finally lifted off
- last week, maintenance technicians had plenty of
- troubleshooting to do. The $2 billion ship arrived at the
- Kennedy Space Center looking pretty enough, but beneath
- Endeavour's sleek exterior lay more than 2,000 problems,
- including a defective set of main engines. And wedged among the
- tangle of dangling wires, hydraulic pipes and contaminated water
- lines was one moldy Oreo cookie.
- </p>
- <p> Kudos
- </p>
- <p> It's commencement season, and members of the greater White
- House family are sallying forth onto the nation's college
- campuses to speechify. Mark your calendar.
- </p>
- <p> JAMES BAKER
- William and Mary; May 10
- </p>
- <p> SAMUEL SKINNER
- George Washington U.; May 10
- </p>
- <p> JEB BUSH
- Barry U.; May 10
- </p>
- <p> GEORGE BUSH
- S.M.U.; May 16
- Notre Dame; May 17
- Annapolis; May 27
- </p>
- <p> BARBARA BUSH
- Louisiana State; May 21
- </p>
- <p> COLIN POWELL
- U.S. Merchant Marine Academy; June 15
- </p>
- <p> Spook's Guide
- </p>
- <p> Visitors to Moscow this summer need not worry about
- finding their way around. From Northern Cartographic in
- Burlington, Vt., comes this user-friendly tourist map that
- identifies all rechristened streets and landmarks. It even
- directs homesick junk foodies to McDonald's. Where did such
- meticulous accuracy come from? From "redrawn" CIA maps.
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