Word: gathers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...illegal-scrap-metal network stretches across Viet Nam and involves not only barefoot street urchins who gather used casings, but also the wives of South Vietnamese generals. Even so, surprisingly little public attention has been given to the operation. "One reason it's so hard to prove," says a U.S. embassy source, "is that investigations are extremely dangerous. When so many people are making so much money, they aren't going to stand by and let someone ask a lot of embarrassing questions. It's much easier just to kill him when he gets too close...
...having a telephone conversation with an advertiser. He says, "You will call me back when you find my letter, like a good girl?" Pause. "You are a good girl, aren't you?" I gather all my dignity to reply coldly...
Convinced that the whole system needed cleaning up, Serpico began carrying extra guns for protection and a concealed tape recorder to gather evidence. Whenever he reported his findings, he was promised cooperation by various superiors. But nothing happened. Eventually. Serpico decided to take his evidence directly to the office of Mayor John Lindsay. Even there he was put off. He recalls that one administrator dismissed him as a "psycho," while Aide Jay Kriegel told him, "We can't afford a scandal now. We expect a long hot summer and we don't want to antagonize the police...
This time, the human flesh proves poor bait; Gimbel and his crew ply beneath three oceans without success. But even the failures are captivating. Divers hitch rides on sea turtles; monumental schools of twitching fish gather and separate at every sudden plane of light. The water is like heavy blue air in which natural law is suspended. Time seems liquid, depth and risk meaningless-until Gimbel surfaces too quickly and doubles over with the bends. Above sea level, the film itself wears gills, fins and horns. It is amateurish and even a bit silly, with crises boyishly re-enacted...
...seems to be the case, there is insufficient information on the effects of busing, Congress should at once provide funds to gather the needed data before millions of dollars are wasted busing children back and forth with no benefit...