Word: gangly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...moved to third, where he was held up by his dog Phillipe, the third-base coach. Then everybody sang Happy Birthday to Mrs. Rubin, with Leopold Stokowslci, 85, conducting. It was Softball of the Absurd, as presented in Manhattan's Central Park by the male (Wolf's Gang) and the female (Beethoven's Bunnies) members of Stoky's American Symphony Orchestra. Observed the maestro, who played guest of honor: "It certainly brings out a different side of their personalities from what I see in Carnegie Hall...
This historical error corrected, let me give a few more good clean cheers for Kornbluth, Harvard, Advocate, CRIMSON, and gang. Norman Mailer...
Ideally, of course, the police should not have to use force and terror to make an impression. Social agencies should be able to instill gang youth with respect for law and order. But the fact is that in "hard core" cases the social agencies, by their own admission, have failed. As a result, the police have a problem: the ghetto youth, whose life has repeatedly taught him to respect only physical power, has only limited respect for the powerless policeman. Part of the answer to gang crime, then, is a reevaluation of the "be tough" policy. Putting these youths...
...even if the police were capable of destroying the Rangers, one might question the desirability of eliminating the gang. The Rangers are a symbol, representing the way toward a better future for the members of the gang and other youth in Woodlawn. The Rangers wield more power in Woodlawn than any civil rights group or social action committee. It is estimated they can mobilize 1000 youth within an hour to picket or kill. In destroying the gang, the police would extinguish a torch...
...with the Rangers. This can only happen if the police begin to treat the Rangers fairly and communicate with them as individual youngsters with distinct problems. Getting the confidence of the Rangers will not be easy, especially for police who are, by definition, working at cross-purposes with the gang. Racial and class differences complicate the problem. In addition, a Blackstone Ranger's entire life has taught him to trust no one. Typically a Ranger comments, "Nobody kept a promise to me since I was three years old and before that I don't remember...