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...society" that originally functioned as a kind of resistance movement to government by foreigners. Though the Mafia runs a kind of crude kangaroo legal system-which is often preferred by the peasants to the caprices of a distrusted judge-much of Sicily's violence is as simple and stark as passion and avarice. For dispensing its brand of justice, the Mafia is handsomely paid. In Licata, probably Italy's most debt-ridden town, Mafia usurers charge interest as high as 120% monthly...
Robert Shure's "Twink," "indescribable" according to Novick, was first produced at the University as a Harvard Dramatic Club Workshop this spring. Larry Stark will direct this short play...
...showy hello. Mayor Robert F. Wagner, appearing under subpoena, marched to the defense table, pumped Jack's hand and lauded Jack as "a conscientious public servant." His Honor was echoed by such Democratic bigwigs as Comptroller Lawrence E. Gerosa, Brooklyn Borough President John Cashmore, City Council President Abe Stark and Queens Borough President John T. Clancy, who boomed "Hi, kid," as he grabbed Jack's hand...
...stark fact remains that there was no substance in the hopes which were temporarily raised by this reporter and other optimistic interpreters. Instead, there is the same old hard reality of the period of the missile gap, with all its potential dangers...
...Patterson hounded him about the ring, shooting home numbing lefts to the body and a jolting short right to the head. The final left hook seemed to wrench Johansson's jaw around his ear. For a full four minutes, Johansson lay completely unconscious on his back, stiff and stark except for his spasmodically twitching left...