Word: decrepit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hooks, son of N.Y.P.D.'s Robert Hooks. J.T. is trying desperately to grow up in Harlem amidst peeling paint, dank buildings, rubbish-filled lots and a way of life that is guaranteed to turn any American Dream into a nightmare. He steals a transistor radio, then befriends a decrepit street cat. He is set upon by two older boys determined to steal the radio from...
...SIGN in the street said "Mrs. Murray. Card Advisor and Palm Readings." The building was very narrow and very decrepit. After hesitating a moment, I walked in and read the sign: "One flight up to Mrs. Murray." As I climbed the winding stairs, a dark-haired woman, olive-skinned, appeared from a decaying red-carpeted, red-furnished living room. She came out so quickly I was taken aback. Cynically. I wondered how many months, it had been since the last likely mark had wandered...
Terry Reid, 22, a former infantryman in the same Americal Division, claimed last week that he counted "60 dead bodies?women, children and maybe a few old and decrepit men" after U.S. troops had shot up a village 130 miles south of My Lai in early 1968. A Viet Nam veteran at Fort Benning, Ga., who would not give his name said he and other G.I.s had taken three Viet Cong prisoners up in a helicopter. "We told them to talk or we'd throw them out. The first guy wouldn't talk, so we tossed him out. The second...
Although we do have the best photography and printing facilities around, the general appearance of our rather decrepit, old building just can't compete with something like the stately Lampoon. If you're looking for a place with some quiet, leisurely atmosphere, forget it. (The Fly Club is between Mt. Auburn St. and the main entrance of Lowell House...
Although we do have the best photography and printing facilities around, the general appearance of our rather decrepit, old building just can't compete with something like the stately Lampoon. If you're looking for a place with some quiet, leisurely atmosphere, forget it. (The Fly Club is between Mt. Auburn St. and the main entrance of Lowell House...