The Week: Jun. 29, 1992

"When you celebrate something in America, you break a window and grab something. When people have an excuse to loot, they loot."

-- Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, after local revelers set fires and broke into stores in the wake of the hometown Bulls' winning their second consecutive N.B.A. championship, and in a week when violence erupted in Boston and Belmar, N.J. following rock concerts

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