Word: gangsterisms
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There are other fears, too, perhaps less rational. The University, at least one dean believes, could be completely overrun by drugs. Everyone would be using them. Everyone would be stoned all the time, floating around with no responsibilities and no obligations. Or the gangster underworld (which is commonly thought to be the source of most marijuana) could gain a foothold in the University through student (and perhaps faculty) pushers. All these fears are very real to the men who make the rules and enforce them here...
...identity problem (again) is posed here more as a conundrum than a crisis. Cornelius Yamb is hired by a gangster syndicate to track down a nearmythical youth named Bruno, heir to a fabulous fortune. The quest leads him to a remote Canadian village, where to his surprise he is welcomed as Conrad...
...attack; in Montecito, Calif. "Method? Formula? Highfalutin words," Muni once scoffed. Trained on New York's Yiddish stage, he submerged himself in each new movie role until the actor disappeared, taking days to perfect his makeup, spending weeks learning every nuance of the characters he portrayed-an arrogant gangster in Scarf ace (1932), a fierce patriot in Juarez (1939), a dedicated scientist in The Story of Louis Pasteur, which won him a 1936 Oscar. His Hollywood appeal faded in the 1940s, but he made a triumphant return on Broadway as Clarence Darrow in 1955's Inherit the Wind...
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11 p.m.). Sophia Loren, as a gangster's widow, and Anthony Quinn, her lover, seek to establish a lasting relationship despite the protests of her rebellious teen-age son in The Black Orchid (1959). Repeat...
...sent down orders to "set up specialized units and clandestine forces" to take over most such operations. Since then, the level of violent incidents has risen from 5,000 a year to 25,000, the work of elite three-man cells that travel from job to job, like any gangster gun for hire. They take pride in their work, often pinning a note on the chest of a victim describing the reasons for his execution. They do not like to be blamed for other people's murders. Sometimes the V.C. go so far as to issue leaflets denying responsibility...