Word: beaching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BROADWAY BOUND Jokemeister Neil Simon has proved himself an artist in the trilogy that began with Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues. He reaches a pinnacle in this comic yet unflinching reflection on his parents' troubled marriage and the psychic origins of his own career...
...people of Howard Beach, Queens, have always been proud that their neighborhood is set apart, insulated from the rest of New York City. A close- knit community of modest row houses and trim gardens, it is bordered by Jamaica Bay to the south, Spring Creek Park to the west, Kennedy Airport to the east and a highway to the north. Along Cross Bay Boulevard, the community's main artery, clam bars and pizza parlors contend for local business, while above the street sea gulls lazily flap their wings. Most of Howard Beach's inhabitants are Italians, and its older section...
...sleepy insularity of Howard Beach ended last week. Overnight a brutal attack against three young black men at a local pizza parlor turned the neighborhood into a national synonym for flagrant racial violence. The death of one of the young blacks and the apparently unprovoked beating of all three at the hands of a gang of white teenagers caused New York City's Mayor Ed Koch to describe what happened as the "most horrendous incident" of violence in his nine years as mayor. Local civil rights leaders saw the attack not as an isolated outbreak but as the latest example...
...Friday evening, Dec. 19, Howard Beach was humming with holiday festivities. Residents cruised slowly in their cars to gape at the Vigliarolo family's front lawn, an electrified montage of Santa's workshop. Around the corner, more cars were parked in front of Steven Schorr's house, where 30 of his friends were helping him celebrate his 18th birthday. Among them were Jon Lester, 17, Jason Ladone, 16, and Scott Kern, 17. Shortly before midnight, according to police, several guests, including Lester, left the party to drive a young woman home. Along Cross Bay Boulevard their headlights caught three blacks...
...from a construction site. On their way back to Brooklyn, their 1976 Buick broke down on Cross Bay Boulevard. Sylvester stayed with the car, and the other three went off to look for help. They stopped about three miles away at the pizza parlor, a ramshackle fixture in Howard Beach, ordered some slices of pizza and sat down...