Word: gangly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...themselves. Whatever militant blacks may feel, N.A.A.C.P. Executive Director Roy Wilkins' directive speaks with equal commitment: "There is no national anthem for Negroes. There is only one national anthem. The national anthem is for all Americans." In a debate with a member of an East Harlem street gang, the Young Lords, at his high school graduation, Andrew Rodriguez, a Puerto Rican, said: "Behind that flag is all of us. It really means something to me. I don't think in terms of blacks and Puerto Ricans. I think in terms of human beings...
...more intriguing works of German Expressionism. Special effects within a natural setting create a macabre atmosphere unmatched by the remakes but Max Schreek, as the vampire, doesn't approach Bela Lugosi, Petrified Forest. Robert Sherwood's broadway hit about innocent people held captive by a futhless gang at a desert diner was transferred to the screen with little visual imagination, but retained its fine performances by idealist Leslie Howard, romantic Bette Davis, and killer Humphrey Bogart in his first major role, 1936. Key Largo, Maxwell Anderson's mediocre play about innocent people held captive by a ruthless gang...
...that most of the local mugs will be billeting at the Commander in a surprise merger with the Supply Waves!!!...Now, pleeaassee don't quote me, pal, but I heard a fellow behind me in our first class this morning, and he was bumpin' his gums, giving all the gang the row-down...Oh, yeah, all the classes are gonna be held in Memorial Hall, too...At least, that's my latest info on it." Scarcely "Crimson standards...
...Gilbert made no answer, tried to hurry on. Two pursuers blocked their path, insisted: "Are you Jews?" "No," said Poor. He was not--Gilbert was. They quickened their pace. When Poor, to cover his nervousness, reached into his pocket for matches to light a cigaret, one of the gang yelled: "They have a knife!" Seven or eight boys leaped on the two Freshmen. Badly mauled, both spent the night in Stllman Infirmary...
...never really caught on; it is played on an eight-tiered board with 64 pieces to a side. Now, working independently, two other buffs have devised chesslike games for three players, all competing at the same time. Both encourage the formation of alliances in which two players can gang up on the third while at the same time scheming to doublecross each other. The shifting balance of power and Byzantine movement result in a chess contest that a Kissinger or Metternich would appreciate. The new games...