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...much the manner as the margin of last week's victories in the Illinois primary that made the winners look so invincible. Kennedy and his clan had spent more than 100 days collectively in Illinois. The Senator, whose campaigning had taken on a more natural, less strident style in the face of adversity, enjoyed some of the same shoving, shouting adulation that his brothers had inspired as he pushed eagerly into crowds in Chicago. Yet there were some boos...
That new factory is one of the few signs of Kness prosperity. Members of the clan do not build big houses or take trips to Europe. A "good time" is still defined as a fishing trip or a full bag of quail at the end of a day's hunting. When the three brothers decided to pull out of the company's day-to-day operations, they briefly considered hiring a general manager...
...sister of Sharks Leader Bernardo (Hector Jaime Mercado), and Tony (Ken Marshall), the best friend of Jets Leader Riff (James J. Mellon). In a switchblade rumble between the two gangs, which Tony tries to prevent, Bernardo/Tybalt kills Riff/Mercado, and Tony plunges a lethally avenging blade into Bernardo. Love conquers clan loyalties as Maria clings unswervingly to Tony...
...publishes hundreds of pamphlets like "McCarthy: The Truth, the Smear and the Lesson." and "They killed the President : Lee Harvey Oswald Wasn't Alone," (Surprise, he had help from Communists). The society also runs Western Island Press, publishers of conservative tracts like "Teddy Bare: The Last of the Kennedy Clan," an attack on the Senator's performance at Chappaquiddick. To complete the distribution system, the society sells its books and magazines at about 350 American Opinion bookstores, many of them in southern California. "We do our own publicity," McManus says. "That boils them...
...clan is trigenerational. Mother (Frances Chancy) is a widow who was born in Minsk. To her the past is a golden pillar of stability, while the present is a baffling disarray of odd behavior. What mutational deviation of personality can possibly prevent her broodlings from devouring their food when she orders them to charge with drawn forks...