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Some students were hardly as frivolous, however, as evidenced by a remark overheard in Gov 124, Archibald Cox's baby, "I know I'm sweating," said one obese sophomore, "but I don't know whether it's because of the heat or this reading list...
Nervous and shy, a freckle-faced woman in her 20s walked into the offices and told a typical story to police that TIME Correspondent James Willwerth overheard. Said she: "Well, I was in The Assembly [a Bayside, Queens, dating bar] about a year ago. It was a Friday, you know, and I started to talk to this guy named Eric. He had real burning eyes, you know? He kept staring at me. I asked him why he didn't dance. He said he hated people. He asked me to go out with him, and I finally said I would...
Cauthen drove Walls home as promised, firmly convinced that the tellers had been mistaken. A short time later, however, a convicted felon also in the lineup told the FBI that he had overheard Brantley and Walls whispering about the robbery. Additional evidence was marshaled, and both Walls and Brantley were put on trial. The jury could not agree about Brantley's guilt, and the Government dropped the charges, but Walls was convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison...
...Detroit fans warmed up slowly to ELP's new, sophisticated stylings. Jim Richter, 22, was overheard saying to his date, "You said I'd love these guys. This sounds like something on PBS " That all changed when the group turned to some golden oldies from the years 1970 to 1974. The applause was thunderous for ELP's version of the Pictures at an Exhibition, a monster hit of 1972. Drummer Palmer took the spotlight as soloist in the churning, pulsating, jazz-oriented Tank. The stage suddenly went dark and then orange, red and yellow lights began...
...sadistic side of his work. An FBI wiretap once recorded him plotting in Miami to murder a Chicago union boss by taking him out to sea in a powerboat, slitting his throat, chopping up his body and feeding the pieces to the sharks. The FBI intervened. Another FBI wiretap overheard Torello telling how he had hung William Jackson, a 350-lb. loan shark, on a meat hook and tortured him with an electric prod. "He was on that thing three days before he croaked," Torello said excitedly. "He was floppin' around...