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This affectionate memoir evokes a giant of great animal magnetism, who could charm a barroom full of journalists or a playground full of children. But when Schoenstein Sr. sensed injustice, he could become a horse of a different choler. Once, Ralph recalls, he and a buddy were given a summons for playing ball in Riverside Park. His father happened along, tore the ticket into bits, and growled at the cop: "For Crissake, why don't you go after [Gangster Lucky] Luciano and leave a bunch of kids alone!" The policeman crept away...
...dusk deepened, the woman did not turn on the light but sat looking at the television screen. Their set had a special channel for watching the colony playground. The silent black-and-white image revealed her son balancing himself on a tree trunk, while his fat friend kept falling off; except for the two of them, the playground was forsaken. The woman's eyes glistened with tears...
Still, the main promotion and improvement of the U.S. as a tourist attraction should be left to private enterprise. As business people develop a yen for yen, marks, francs and all those other currencies, they will begin to concentrate their efforts on making the U.S. a more enticing playground and shopping center for those worldly tourists...
...Administration has greatly expanded use of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, which provides states and municipalities with funds to hire the unemployed for public service jobs, such as playground supervisors or road crew laborers. CETA funding has doubled during the Carter presidency, to more than $11 billion budgeted for fiscal 1979, and the number of jobs to be filled has leaped from 310,000 to 725,000. The program, however, is at best a stopgap substitute for welfare. It takes the jobless off the streets but does not prepare them for permanent employment. Says Bernard Anderson, an economist...
Coached by Gene Shue, the 76ers last season fought with one another as much as they battled opponents. Someone was always complaining about not getting enough playing time or asking to be traded. The Sixers wasted their formidable skills in playground pyrotechnics and ego-invigorating one-on-one duels. The limitations of such tactics were all too evident in the championship series: Philadelphia was whipped by the less-talented but cohesive and unselfish Portland Trail Blazers. When this season began with a 2-4 whimper, Coach Shue was dispatched and Cunningham summoned...