Word: gangly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fist in the face or a knee in the groin are routine asides. The climaxes occur when a gang of hoodlums beats a stray soldier nearly to death, with every kick, blow, chipped tooth, broken bone, and gout of blood and vomit described in detail; when a gang of transvestites and their boy friends get high on gin, Benzedrine and morphine, with every ensuing act of sodomy and fellatio described in detail; when a gang of dockworkers, derelicts and degenerates inflict multiple intercourse upon a prostitute in a parking lot so savagely that she is killed, with every drop...
...mark. Cardinal pitchers had an earned-run average of 4.29 (v. 3.77 for the Yanks), and Star Reliever Barney Schultz staggered through the Series with an ERA of 18. But St. Louis won-and with the most exciting display of guts, guile and footwork since the old Gashouse Gang of the 1930s...
...coach hadn't found a howit-ser-armed quarterback; he'd discovered a real gang of tall, strong, glue-fingered ends. These guys, thought Lamar, could make an aerial offense go with an average passer throwing the ball...
According to official reports, Officer Thomas Scanlon was returning to University Police headquarters out of uniform at 7:15 p.m. when he noticed a gang of teen-age boys creating a disturbance around Straus A and B entries and attempted to disperse them...
...Gang Warfare. While Reuther's U.A.W. wanted to eliminate some work, Gleason's heavily featherbedded longshoremen wanted to preserve some. Five times in the past eleven years they have gone on strike, and they have adamantly resisted shipowners' attempts to reduce the size of cargo gangs despite increasing automation. This year, backed by a presidential commission's findings that gangs could easily be cut from 20 men to 17, the owners offered a 34? hourly boost if the longshoremen would agree to a reduction. Last week the union answered by calling a strike that tied...