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- <text id=90TT1913>
- <title>
- July 23, 1990: American Notes:New York City
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- July 23, 1990 The Palestinians
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 29
- American Notes
- NEW YORK CITY
- Time for the Superheroes
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> For weeks the front-page headlines in New York City's
- tabloids have featured villains whose more proper venue would
- seem to be the comics pages. First came the "Zodiac Killer,"
- who threatens to murder one person for each astrological sign.
- He has wounded four men, one fatally, since March 8--and
- prudent people are keeping their birth dates to themselves.
- Then there is "Dart Man," who since June 13 has provoked a
- miniwave of terror by firing homemade darts into the backsides
- of 53 women, mostly in Midtown Manhattan.
- </p>
- <p> After a massive manhunt, police announced last week that
- they had finally collared Dart Man. The suspect: Jerome Wright,
- 33, a messenger at a Midtown advertising agency who police said
- was on probation for a previous drug conviction and had been
- under observation for psychiatric problems. They had less luck
- with Zodiac, who evaded a citywide dragnet. Where are Batman
- and Robin when Gotham City really needs them?
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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