Word: ganges
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...codes of loyalty and honor, something that the Cardinal's guards don't share. As a result, every duel devolves into chaos and confusion. And also a good deal of fun. Hamlin's actors seem to have jumped into the project with as much enthusiasm as Tom Sawyer's gang out on a midnight patrol-Tom, you'll remember, was himself something of a Dumas freak-and though it's all still as ridiculous and decadent as even Mark Twain could see, it's also still somehow innocent enough to set off a goodly amount of villain-hissing and hero...
...morning last week, Marseille police burst into the homes of three men, roused them from their beds and hustled them off to jail. Thus ended one of the most picaresque exploits in the long history of Marseille gangsterism. The three prisoners were members of a ten-man gang that had managed to rob 27 banks in less than a year. Said Robert Mattei, the top-ranking police commissioner in the region: "They hold the undisputed record as the gang that pulled off the greatest number of holdups. We've never seen anything like...
Despite their success, however, the holdup men were essentially amateurs. In all their jobs, they managed to steal a total of only $275,000. And when the three men were caught last week, they were so eager to boast about their exploits that they implicated the other seven gang members, four of whom had already bungled their way into jail on other charges...
...combination of Gallic courtesy, reckless abandon and careful planning, the impromptu bandits -generally operating in two-man teams -thereupon hit seven Marseille banks in 57 days. They never wore masks or gloves. They never fired a gun or struck anyone. When an elderly lady fainted during a holdup, one gang member, Antoine Nitti, gave her a glass of water and embraced her before fleeing...
...Furies. The writing punches or pets with equal effectiveness. When the House of Representatives voted to approve a women's rights amendment to the Constitution, Kilpatrick screamed: "Gadzooks! Zounds! Horsefeathers! What in the world came over the House? This constitutional time bomb is the contrivance of a gang of professional harpies. The 346 who voted for this resolution, give or take a handful, had but one purpose in mind: to get these furies off their backs...