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News of Largey's death caused five successive nights of rioting at Roosevelt Towers. Pharmacist Petricone recalled that youths broke windows at almost every store lining Cambridge Street set cars on fire and spray-painted obscenities on every naked wall. The words "Pigs Suck"--in bright red paint--still adorn a wall on a Towers building fronting Cambridge Street. Residents said the sign is a holdover from the 1972 riots...

Author: By Richard H.P. Sia, | Title: The Strange Death of Larry Largey | 10/25/1974 | See Source »

...Guard has a ruggedly masculine decor. Large black-and-white action photos of the Minnesota Vikings adorn the walls. Near the bar is a football souvenir shop called the Pro Central, and the young, long-haired and busty bar girls wear football jerseys with their names printed across the front. Because the football stadium and hockey arena are only a mile away, Viking and Minnesota North Star heroes often drop in after games. When they do, heads turn and female bodies surge forward. "Our theme is built around violence," says Manager Larry Thiel. "Women seem captivated by the manliness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Body Shop | 1/14/1974 | See Source »

...becoming the great dark way. Legitimate theaters and respectable restaurants have been imperiled by an invasion of porno movie houses, peep shows, sleazy eateries and a grab bag of other dubious enterprises. Understandably, this kind of low-life smorgasbord attracts some of the strangest night creatures ever to adorn a modern city. They range from nattily dressed black pimps in high heels to gaudily painted transvestites to the "Christmas-tree man," whose head, coat, shut and pants are festooned with tinsel and trinkets. Snaking stealthily through this Brueghelian scene in search of likely prey are a host of Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN SCENE: Big Eye on the Great White Way | 12/31/1973 | See Source »

...newly-revived Harvard Memorial Society will soon adorn each Yard dorm with room plaques commemorating all former occupants...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plaques to Honor Past Yard Residents | 3/20/1973 | See Source »

...little Veritas, it does pay to have one's game adorn the masthead of the Crimson. But only if you are with it. Or don't you agree...

Author: By Art Hopkins, | Title: Art Hopkins: The Rough, Rugged Ritual | 1/24/1973 | See Source »

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