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When our class left Harvard," Suzanne R. Garment '67 says, "the country was in a state of urban crisis...
...from the same cloth as his father but widely disliked. Tommy Gambino, son of the family's founding father, once seemed a likely successor, but in February he pled guilty to antitrust charges and was ordered to abandon the trucking monopoly that gave the family control of the garment center...
Known as a Shelter-Pak, the hooded, full-length garment is covered with rip- proof nylon on one side and heavy wool on the other. Depending on how it's folded, it can convert from nighttime bedroll to daytime parka or even a backpack. Each Shelter-Pak contains a deep pocket that is almost as capacious as a duffel bag. Eighty of the garments have been distributed to homeless people in Philadelphia, and the students plan to turn out at least 200 more this year. Vows Assistant Professor Matthew Mehrman: "We are going to keep making Shelter-Paks until...
...City construction trade, Gravano claimed to have passed along to Gotti as much as $100,000 a month in kickbacks and other illegal payments. Gravano said other Gambino captains made similar "turn-ins" from the industries they had muscled in on -- including private trash collecting, the docks and the garment trade -- as well as $3,000 cash tributes to Gotti on Christmas and his birthday...
...nothing of monotony. In even the most sensational court cases, cross- examination draws out a story from witnesses in eyedropper doses. Expert testimony tends to be bloodless. The lacy bra admitted into evidence in Smith's trial seems less provocative when the garment is discussed by the "bodily fluids and tissue technician" of the Palm Beach sheriff's department...