Word: flashes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...malevolent intentions--a publication that once printed that he "...looks like a worn out brillo pad..,"--Professor Cole became enraged. During the ensuing shouting match, Review staffers took photographs of Cole's outburst and tape-recorded him cursing. The Review reported that Cole broke the photographer's $230 flash unit, although that sum inexplicably grew to $300 in an interview two days later...
...Siegel, a scrawny, bespectacled teenager who was then drifting through Cleveland's Glenville High School, worked as a delivery boy for $4 a week, gave part of the money to help support his impoverished family and invested much of the rest in the adventures of Tarzan, Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. Imitating and burlesquing such heroes, he began concocting science-fiction tales that he mimeographed and sold to other students. One of Siegel's lesser creations was a story called The Reign of the Superman, which featured an evil scientist with a bald head. Superman as villain? The thought...
When the posses are in need of fresh recruits, trusted "lieutenants" are sometimes dispatched back to Jamaica's shantytowns. There the gangsters flaunt fancy cars and flash wads of cash to entice impoverished youths. In recent months Jamaican police have noticed an exodus of young men from east Kingston neighborhoods. It doesn't take a sleuth to deduce their ultimate destination...
Cole refused to read the letter and began shouting at the students to leave, according to The Dartmouth. When Review Photography Editor John W. Quilhot began to photograph Cole, the professor broke the student's camera flash. More shouting followed, and physical contact occurred between Cole and Review Executive Editor John H. Sutter, in part because Sutter was taping the incident...
...Soweto suburbs that were once flash points of unrest, signs now advertise dozens of new residential developments. Almost every other house in the black townships has a fresh look. Some feature do-it-yourself extensions; others are brand new, built on cleared lots or over old foundations. This home-ownership drive has produced profitable spin-offs for black businesses, ranging from contractors and suppliers of building materials to dealers in instant lawns and burglar-alarm systems. Moses Mahlalela, 41, a design engineer with offices in one of the new Soweto shopping centers, can hardly keep up with demand...